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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 06:11 AM
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i have pretty much done most of my research on it and it seems pretty sraight forward but the wiring i wanted to do my own has anyone also done this that could lend some tips or pics! I know already about rewiring the shock plug and the 31 plug also the white k plug but i am a little confused on one parts of it! tia
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 06:58 AM
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just spend the 350 for the wire harness so you know that it will work right!!!

and k series is the best thing i have ever done!!!!
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 07:02 AM
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yeah, if you are spending the money on the swap, you might as well get the full conversion harness thats ready to go, no sense in making it more harder.
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 07:14 AM
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Default Re: think of doing a k swap!!! (orangerex04)

I made my own harness from the most complete directions I found online. Didn't work.

Buy a hybrid-racing harness.
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 09:58 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by litterbox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I made my own harness from the most complete directions I found online. Didn't work.

Buy a hybrid-racing harness.</TD></TR></TABLE>


haha not laughing at you just you followed instructions and it didnt work
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 09:59 PM
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thanks on the info! its kinda funny i had ppl tell me the wiring is easy
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Old Oct 11, 2005 | 10:02 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by litterbox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I made my own harness from the most complete directions I found online. Didn't work.

Buy a hybrid-racing harness.</TD></TR></TABLE>


LOL! poor Andy.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 02:49 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Em1guy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks on the info! its kinda funny i had ppl tell me the wiring is easy </TD></TR></TABLE>Have these ppl actually done it?

Be sure to show me your directions if you try this.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 06:33 AM
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Wiring takes time. When I did the K20A2 into my 7th gen civic I did my own wire harness conversion. Just had to compare the wiring from the RSX-S Helms, and the Civic EX Helms. Still took me about 4 hours to do, but the car started right up on the second crank.
If you dont have a lot of knowledge about wiring and what not, I would just spend the money for the conversion harness. Save yourself the headache. There are so many other things that could go wrong with the swap, wiring is that last thing that you want to have to deal with.
I was pretty confident in myself for my swap...and plus at that time, no one was making a conversion harness, so I didnt have much of a choice. Even HASport at that time wasnt doing it for people.
Good luck with the swap!
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 06:36 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NoBottleJustThrottle &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Wiring takes time. When I did the K20A2 into my 7th gen civic I did my own wire harness conversion. Just had to compare the wiring from the RSX-S Helms, and the Civic EX Helms. Still took me about 4 hours to do, but the car started right up on the second crank.
If you dont have a lot of knowledge about wiring and what not, I would just spend the money for the conversion harness. Save yourself the headache. There are so many other things that could go wrong with the swap, wiring is that last thing that you want to have to deal with.
I was pretty confident in myself for my swap...and plus at that time, no one was making a conversion harness, so I didnt have much of a choice. Even HASport at that time wasnt doing it for people.
Good luck with the swap!</TD></TR></TABLE>Listen to this man.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 08:41 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by litterbox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I made my own harness from the most complete directions I found online. Didn't work.

Buy a hybrid-racing harness.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How much was the harness again?
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 08:55 AM
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$325
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 08:59 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by litterbox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">$325</TD></TR></TABLE>

Crazy.
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Old Oct 12, 2005 | 09:00 AM
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Yeah.
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 10:06 AM
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i took the rsx helms ek helms like the guy above and i am almost done with the harness once i recieve the eplug from another ht member! hopefully it will work! i am not scared at all of wiring and i did extensive searches on h-t/k20a.org and k-series.com compared pics and comments on the hybrid and hasport harness's and decided which route to take scratched my nuts and went at it! to those who want it i make do a write up! litterbox , nikos may not let me on k20a.org! we will see
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 10:11 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Em1guy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i took the rsx helms ek helms like the guy above and i am almost done with the harness once i recieve the eplug from another ht member! hopefully it will work! i am not scared at all of wiring and i did extensive searches on h-t/k20a.org and k-series.com compared pics and comments on the hybrid and hasport harness's and decided which route to take scratched my nuts and went at it! to those who want it i make do a write up! litterbox , nikos may not let me on k20a.org! we will see </TD></TR></TABLE>Pm me with what you have and I'll compare it with what I had. If we can make our own diagram that works we can release it. I see nothing wrong with that, if we came up with it.
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Old Oct 14, 2005 | 06:20 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by litterbox &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Pm me with what you have and I'll compare it with what I had. If we can make our own diagram that works we can release it. I see nothing wrong with that, if we came up with it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i do and i dont, I am scared that if we do alot of ppl will be making money off our hard work and i feel thats not right! plus nikos asked me not to post anything on there because he helped someone build a harness and then they started making it and selling it, but at the same time ppl are going to figure it out sooner or later, so lets JUST DO IT
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