keebler65

so i finished the swap tonight, after about 15 hours of work. fixed a small leak and adjusted everything. the CEL never came on once, and the car starts right away and idles great. i'd like to thank everyone on the board that helped me along the way as this is my first swap - so THANKYOU!!

i have a new clutch so i've been shifting kind of easy until its broken in, but i have been flooring it in a single gear just to see what it puts out but its not quite as fast as i expected. maybe i'm just tired, but one would expect to notice a ~50HP gain, wouldnt they? i'm just wondering if there is something i should check. i havent checked the timing so could this be the problem? i just feel like there's more potential since its in such a lightweight car.

thanks

tinkerbell

****!

take your time!

be at one with your car...

she will come good,

a little tweak here, a little tweak there,

the power is all up past 6000rpm,

you may need to get used to this....

dont beat on a fresh hybrid, give it a couple of hundred to settle in!

t..

Kamin

i couldnt agree more
who KNOWS how long the motor was sitting before you started it up
i didnt beat on mine for about 150 miles even then i didnt take it to the track (for a full 1/4 run) for almost a month
my friend just swapped a new prelude motor in and beat the **** out of it the first night. now its running slower than his last h22.
keep an eye out for leaks and stuff.
if your not sure if everything is working right take it to get dynoed (make sure you tell them not to beat on the clutch) it should dyno 140-150 to the wheels
good luck and congrats

keebler65

yeah i've been trying my best to take it easy but i couldnt resist a couple punches. ok sounds good. thx for the input and thanks again for all of the help that got me where i am now. it was a great learning experience

DX Generation

Hey man, I wouldn't worry about it. I've seen CRX's with B16's run mid 15's from the get go, so don't expect to run 13's just yet.

But if you are talking about 'Feeling' a 50 hp gain, you are looking in the wrong place, because the B16 is torqueless. Take your car to the strip, you'll realize the difference.

hybrider

mine was the same way, ran like *** at first

i gave it some time breaking it in and what not and redoing the timing (particularly the ignition) and all was well

good luck

98DC2

glad to hear your swap was a success my freind is currenlty about to do his 1st swap (b18b=94hb) shouldn't be hard once the obd1/obd2 conversion harness is wired right. good luck!

jdmekcivic2eg

93hb dx 97 b18b i-h-e on street tires.. 14.9 gutted car too..

with ls tranny


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hatchBtype_R

i have a 94 ls in a vx hatch and i ran a high 14's just gotta get the timing down she will come LOL

keebler65

when you guys talk about timing, are you referring to adjusting the dizzy angle? or are you talking about adjustable cam sprockets? just wondering...

thanks for all of the replies so far

Kamin

dist. angle

Snail Tuning

i just did a b16 swap into a 91 teg at first i didn't think it was fast. but then i hit the high rpms and the car man handled me. haha. give it some time and then let it rip sometime. youl love it. especialy when your friend with a 240sx says your car will smoke his. haha gotta love vtec.

stockegsix

my b16a was running like crap the first couple of weeks, after fixing all the little things here and there, and giving it a break-in period, my car is running awesome and now i just need a new clutch and i'll be okay. good luck

xtrafastcivic

is vtec working??? i can notice a b16a in a crx at any rpm.... yeah timing might be off... how's the throttle response if it's really slow then something isn't right...