i have a CRX with a built B20/ Type r head and my alternator is going bad. Everytime i turn my head lights on at night the car nearly turns off. I was wondering what alternater would work with my car?


Modified by CRX.EBS at 4:02 PM 9/30/2005

 

A B20 alternator. 98+ CRV. Actually, probably non-VTEC B18 would fit too.

 

it would work, but the plugs are different from memory

 

thanks for the reply... So if i got a crv alternator would it matter if it is for a manuel or auto?

 

it doesnt matter a alternator is a alternator just make sure you get a 98+ Crv Alternator and your good

 

If your putting it into a CRX, then the plug wont fit cause the motor is OBD2 and your harness is OBD0 unless someone changed it out. So heres your options. You can one from a 90-91 teg (its a B series and will fit) or buy a D series one and put it on there. Thats what I did and I didnt have to dent my frame rail. Seems to be working great.

Blaze

 

I thought alternator plugs were all the same.
I just put a B20 in and used my stock CRX Si harness for the whole thing.

 

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I just put a B20 in and used my stock CRX Si harness for the whole thing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

there not....if his harness is non-obd then that's what he has to use...

 

how can i by looking at it tell what type of harness it has because i havent changed the harness my self iam pretty sure the guy before me hasn't either but how can i tell?

 

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ok then you need a non-obd dizzy...

 

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I just put a B20 in and used my stock CRX Si harness for the whole thing.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Alternator plugs are not the same. 1988-1995 alternators use a round plug. And 1996+ alternators use a square plug. If you are using a stock SI harness, you need a 1988-1995 alternator. It doesn't matter which year you get. It doesn't matter whether the car is manual or automatic. And it does not matter whether the car is VTEC or not. They will all work. I myself have used a junkyard 1990 Integra LS alternator on a JDM ITR motor using a JDM P73 ECU. And it worked fine (until it died after a couple of years).