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Mar 13, 2005 | 07:34 AM

Rocco.

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Confused about swap

Just finished doing a swap yesterday.It was a b18c1 into a 92 civic.Connected 1 wire from the ecu to the engine and decided i was too damn tired to work on it anymore.Cranksed her up and it started up perfectly.As i was driving home,i noticed no engine light was on so i stepped on it and Vtec engages.Im thought i was supposed to connect more than 1 wire.Ami missing something?

Mar 13, 2005 | 07:37 AM

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Re: Confused about swap (Rocco.)

Which wire did you connect? IAB?

VTEC itself is already pre-wired in all '92 model Civics. Did you plug everything in? Are you sure VTEC is engaging at 4400 RPM?

Mar 13, 2005 | 07:43 AM

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Re: Confused about swap (Targa250R)

weird

Mar 13, 2005 | 07:47 AM

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Re: Confused about swap (Rocco.)

what model civic do you have? if you have an EX,VXorSI then it should be wired up for V-TEC, but if you have CX,LX,DX, then you have to wire up the V-TEC.

Mar 13, 2005 | 11:14 AM

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Re: Confused about swap (Rocco.)

all 92 model civics were prewired for vtec. Is the 1 wire you put on the knock sensor wire?

Mar 13, 2005 | 12:47 PM

Rocco.

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Re: Confused about swap (hatchi)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">all 92 model civics were prewired for vtec. Is the 1 wire you put on the knock sensor wire?</TD></TR></TABLE>red with blue stripe,i believe that was knock sensor

Mar 13, 2005 | 01:07 PM

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Re: Confused about swap (Rocco.)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rocco. »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">red with blue stripe,i believe that was knock sensor</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well you definitely have to wire the IAB's because that's a GSR only wire.

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Mar 13, 2005 | 01:41 PM

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Re: Confused about swap (EVIL Hx Coupe)

whats the IABS? becuase we put a gsr swap in my cousins civic and didnt do any special wiring

Mar 13, 2005 | 01:43 PM

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Re: Confused about swap (Ls_V_TurboSi)

IAB is the secondary butterflys in the GSR intake manifold.

Mar 13, 2005 | 01:49 PM

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Re: Confused about swap (EVIL Hx Coupe)

vtec will still crack if thast not connected.. Alot of people recomend going with a b16/ITR skunk2 intake mani so that way you dont have to mess with wiring...

Mar 13, 2005 | 01:52 PM

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Re: Confused about swap (Ls_V_TurboSi)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ls_V_TurboSi »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">vtec will still crack if thast not connected.. Alot of people recomend going with a b16/ITR skunk2 intake mani so that way you dont have to mess with wiring... </TD></TR></TABLE>
Which IMO is a **** poor excuse - it's only 1 wire. The dual-stage intake manifold produces significantly more midrange torque, which is more usable for a daily driven car or an autocrosser.