yevangelis

98 civic dx
97 gsr engine/intake manifold

howdy, I'm having a problem with my gsr swap. When reusing my heater control valve mount I have a clearance issue. The valve ends up too close to the TPS, making it impossible to plug in the connector.

the 97 integra gsr heater control valve mount doesn't fit the firewall correctly.

I don't see an em1 mount solving my problem due to different intake manifolds.

Does anyone know of a solution?

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I'm not content with just 'free floating' the valve as it takes some ample pressure on the control cable to operate the valve and I don't want to risk damaging anything. Need it solid mounted.

John M

pretty sure your bracket that holds the valve is bent up

yevangelis

^ thanks, but I've tried two brackets with the same results.

John M

your valve is completely angled the wrong way. ive done 100's of swaps on hondas and never in my life seen a valve angles that far up.

yevangelis

EDIT- It appears the GSR specific hose is #9, which also has its own valve bracket separate from b18b1 and type r due to the larger intake manifold. However the water valve is discontinued and wouldn't bolt up to an EJ firewall anyway.

The SI water valve and hose #3 similar to sohc civics and dc2 b18b1 and type r since they all use a similar style intake manifold, but the SI has a different type of bracket bolted to its valve. That's because there is an extra bracket #11 which first bolts to the firewall, and then the valve bolts to that (like an extender). That little firewall bracket is 40$ lol.

So I still don't know how to get the valve secured and out of the way of the IM / TB area...


Heres the GSR hose- #9 and valve #4


here's the EM1- #3 (notice its similarity to #8 above) and valve #10

yevangelis

Above post edited with newer smarter more better info.