hey i had a question i don't know as much as i would like to about my car so i am trying to learn some things because i am rebuilding my 88 crx and i am having a problem....
alright i wrecked my 88 crx and i am going to put my engine in a 89 crx si. someone told me that there is a possiblity that the engine may be too small and/or the wiring harness may not be the same...
can anyone help me????

 

what motor is in your 88crx?

 

i am not sure i think its an h something its the slowest is what my bro told me

 

hf?

 

i don't know maybe a 1.6...... i am so blonde i have no idea

 

sounds like you may have 88 HF - that sound right? the HF engine will bolt into the Si, however, the HF engine does not have much power and in the heavier Si car, it will be a little slow - the 88 HF wiring harness is different from the 89 Si - best to use the Si harness on the HF engine, but you will have to add wiring for the EGR valve

 

i don't think its a hf... see i talk my friend talks about the h22 or something like that i i get them confused ... i am thinking a 1.6 or 1.5 something like that

 

a stock HF has a D15B6 engine 1.5 liter - a stock Si has a D16A6 1.6 liter

 

then its a 1.5 bc it had the stock engine in it...
so will it fit into a 89 si???

 

yes it will work, but it will be really ****** slow..

 

i don't have any my car is at my brothers house and the only pic i did have is of the body... so i don't have any but its a 1.5 for sure i just asked my friend...

 

i am gonna get a better engine when i get the money... i really don't care about speed but before i wrecked i won my first race... against a cavilar i think they let me win though just bc i was a girl.. i have an exhaust and intake so.... i dont know if that accounts for anything

 

ok...you can put the hf motor in, i'll have to use the si harness and the hf ecu..does that make cents...

 

yeah... i guess.....

 

its a 1.5 for sure but will the wiring harness's be the same or diff?

 

you have to use the harness from the car you are putting it in..

 

oh alright i didn't know.... lol...

 

hmm.. why are you gonna put a HF motor in an Si? Does the 89 Si not have a motor? or wut.. well keep us posted..

ONE

 

i'm not putting an hf motor in it i wasn't sure what motor i had in it but i have a 1.5... i wrecked my 88 crx and i got a 89 si body and want to put the engine that i had in the 88 in the 89..... i want to know if i will have any trouble with it

 

what other problems can come up when transferring my engine?

 

DONT DO IT, sell both cars and motor and buy a 90-91 crx si thats already runnning

 

i can't i don't have that much money and my 88 is totaled its that the enigne is still good....
i have the body of an 89 crx si

 

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Why?

 

i don't have any idea....

 

ok so wat ur saying is that u have a 88 HF (wrecked) and u got a 89 SI (shell)....and u want to put the 88 motor into the 89 shell...rite?? u'll have to change over alot of things...complete motor/tranny/harness, ecu, dash harness, complete exhuast system(cuz the HF cat is on the header), interior wiring(i think)