UnhuZ

Well, to cut a long story short, i blew my EG9's B16A2 engine (no one knows why, it was all stock).

The solution was to buy a new engine.

I bought a B18C with gearbox from a trashed ITR. No Alternator, Distributor, Starter and ThrotleBody.

Once the motor is not yet in the car, i'm in the process of putting up some stuff i had here for the B16A2.
I'm talking of a JUN3 cams with JUN valvesprings and retainers, and a SPOON 2 layer headgasket (i thing raises the compression by 0.2 or 0.3).

With the 2 motors side by side in the floor. I started to find the differences.

Here is what i found:

1 - The engine harness is different, DC2 OBD2 vs EG9 OBD1 DUHHHHHH
2 - B18C have a little sensor right above the oil filter that B16 doesn't. I think is the Knock sensor
3 - the plugs in the injectors, alternator, distributor are different
4 - The B16A2 Vtec solenoid have 1 connector (green) more than the B18C, wich i think is the Oil Pressure switch.

Conclusions:

Once i need to use my alternator, distributor, starter, i think i better use the B16 engine harness. This makes me changing the injectors plugs and the green vtec plug would be out of use and problably give me a ECU error.

I will use my P30 ECU wich already have a ITR with JUN3 program on it

the questions:

1 - it's better to use the B16A2 vtec solenoid or use a bypyss for the green plug ??
2 - using the ITR program on the P30, do i still need to plug the green plug??
3 - will the alternator, distributor work?? I'm not asking about fitting (no problem, already in place), i'm talking about voltages and power specs.

I would appreciate some more info you may find relevant for this to work

PS - USDM ITR engine have a vtec solenoid like my B16A2 one, with the green plug.

thanks,

Nuno

UnhuZ

and i forgot

in my EG9 i already have the Euro ITR cluster working for about 6 months... only a few things are not working:

1 - The low fuel light;
2 - The open doors light, only the trunk light (EG only have a single sensor);
3 - SRS lights don't work (My EG don't have air-bags)
4 - The ABS light is working "backwards". It's on when it should be off, and it's off when should be on.

cya,

Nuno

UnhuZ

Bump !!!!

UnhuZ

Well, the car is up and running..... thanks for nothing