antrmo

Hey everyone ,finally have my donor car and going to swap into my 96 cx,.
Ill post piks and probobly have questions along the way, cheers. Im sure there is a how to swap, sticky on here, i will def be trying to follow that.




donor B16A





start.





removing and tagging wire harness.

SpeedRacerEX-R

Nice. What year car is it coming from?

antrmo

The car it is in now is a oo si, and it's a B16A with vin#5xxxxx so second gen jdm I believe. Car is manual,and going into a auto 96 civic cx, going to be a tough swap I think motor wise not bad but wires for auto to manual..eek!

antrmo

I have read about the 2 wire iacv I will have to deal with bc of the engine swap and I already did a vtec head swap so all that is takin care of wire wise, but going from auto to manual, will I have to replace the whole harness or is there a way that the 96 harness will work ? I dont think it will bc of the trans connector hook ups, but hoping someone will tell me other wise.lol

antrmo

a little more tonight, drained fluids, removed most of the wire harness, dam was like fighting a pack of cats trying to undue and remove all those wires between the intake mani and lower brackets....

SpeedRacerEX-R

lol. Where's Fort Frances? If it's near Redding, I wouldn't mind coming to help. Are going to tackle the auto to manual swap first?

antrmo

its in north ontario canada...I think you are in cali,,, thats pretty far,,,lol

pulling motor and trans out of donor car first, see how it looks, then go from there.
then pull the y8 out of my cx and put motor in. tackle things like auto to manual wire harness, no 1 has commented on that question yet,

power steering may be a issue, cx hose may not reach,,,

thou maybe i should tackle the shifter and linkage first since it will be easier and
with no engine in the way, cutting out that "panel" thats in the way.

but all tips and comments are welcome, cheers.

antrmo

piks

antrmo

got lots done tonight, almost ready to pull the motor out, few questions, I found these 2 mounts under the donor car, what would these have been for?

antrmo

never removed a manual shifter before, 1 in the pik has a bolt i dont see how to remove the linkage? any help plz.

antrmo

removed alt,but couldnt pull it out from the top,lol. guess when the axle comes out?

antrmo

rad removed and exhaust out and undone,,,

antrmo

letting the rest soak and hopefully be out in a couple days.

antrmo

please have a look at my wiring question and post some help.

SpeedRacerEX-R

You would think if you're using the harness and ecu from the donor car, you shouldn't have any issues...

antrmo

yes 1 would think that,,,,,I was just wondering if I had to go that route?????.
If I do then thats fine, trying to save myself some steps if I can.

antrmo

back at it today...trans linkage, pinch bolts on suspension and ball joints, trans stabilizer ,axles,,,,to start.

antrmo

for the front left axle, do I just remove the bolts holding the intermediate axle shaft to the engine, then pop out the axle from diff? after all the balljoint,pinchbolt and fork of course. It looks like I have to take it all off to remove the axle from diff.

antrmo

ya just took off the mount , much easier...

antrmo

putting the cluster in my cx . first thing to swap ..lol. to excited to wait.axles out just need a picker to lift out the engine and trans,,hopefully tommoro. YESSSS. then start all over and pull out the D16y8...

antrmo

antrmo

and she is oooouutttt...yes..

antrmo

next in line to be removed and replaced.....

F1_Racer

What's wrong with that 2000 Civic si?

antrmo

Nothing wrong with it, I prefer hatch style,. But my y8 is lacking the power of a B.