1978 Honda Accord CVCC w/ B series swap
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1978 Honda Accord CVCC w/ B series swap
My friends and I are currently measuring a 1978 Honda Accord CVCC engine bay for a B series swap... I'm wondering if anyone knows of this swap taking place, if so where, are there any pics, any issues, and also what is the general public think of this swap?
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it should fit.
There have been b series swaps into 1st gen 1200 chasis, certainly it'll fit into an Accord chasis.
You're not going to find any real documentation anywhere for this swap. Most of the people that have done swaps into these older Hondas are older guys, and they don't really take many digital photos/display many of them (if at all) online.
If you ask one of them how they did it they'll basically say "Drop the motor in, line it up, and make the mounts".
Which, of course, is right.
Basically all i'm saying is that you're not going to find any how-to's, or anything remotely close.
I'm currently working on 2 different swaps into old hondas.
For me, the fabrication of the mounts is pretty easy.
The hard(er) part is converting from carb to EFI, and doing it reliably.
There have been b series swaps into 1st gen 1200 chasis, certainly it'll fit into an Accord chasis.
You're not going to find any real documentation anywhere for this swap. Most of the people that have done swaps into these older Hondas are older guys, and they don't really take many digital photos/display many of them (if at all) online.
If you ask one of them how they did it they'll basically say "Drop the motor in, line it up, and make the mounts".
Which, of course, is right.
Basically all i'm saying is that you're not going to find any how-to's, or anything remotely close.
I'm currently working on 2 different swaps into old hondas.
For me, the fabrication of the mounts is pretty easy.
The hard(er) part is converting from carb to EFI, and doing it reliably.
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Re: (Jonathan_ED3)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jonathan_ED3 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it should fit.
There have been b series swaps into 1st gen 1200 chasis, certainly it'll fit into an Accord chasis.
You're not going to find any real documentation anywhere for this swap. Most of the people that have done swaps into these older Hondas are older guys, and they don't really take many digital photos/display many of them (if at all) online.
If you ask one of them how they did it they'll basically say "Drop the motor in, line it up, and make the mounts".
Which, of course, is right.
Basically all i'm saying is that you're not going to find any how-to's, or anything remotely close.
I'm currently working on 2 different swaps into old hondas.
For me, the fabrication of the mounts is pretty easy.
The hard(er) part is converting from carb to EFI, and doing it reliably.</TD></TR></TABLE>
this isnt any info out there about it at all But im currently working on doing one into a 78 accord. not hard to change it from carb to Efi just takes a like bit of time and money
There have been b series swaps into 1st gen 1200 chasis, certainly it'll fit into an Accord chasis.
You're not going to find any real documentation anywhere for this swap. Most of the people that have done swaps into these older Hondas are older guys, and they don't really take many digital photos/display many of them (if at all) online.
If you ask one of them how they did it they'll basically say "Drop the motor in, line it up, and make the mounts".
Which, of course, is right.
Basically all i'm saying is that you're not going to find any how-to's, or anything remotely close.
I'm currently working on 2 different swaps into old hondas.
For me, the fabrication of the mounts is pretty easy.
The hard(er) part is converting from carb to EFI, and doing it reliably.</TD></TR></TABLE>
this isnt any info out there about it at all But im currently working on doing one into a 78 accord. not hard to change it from carb to Efi just takes a like bit of time and money
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Re: 1978 Honda Accord CVCC w/ B series swap (punkracer)
A friend of mine has a '78 Accord CVCC, we researched this a bit. There's not much info out there. These are Civic's, but they are similar, you get the idea...
And this is always an option. Weber carbs, etc...
And this is always an option. Weber carbs, etc...
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Re: (ITR97-143)
Just got my motor in for a test fit to see what else I have to cut up and get out of the way. Had to do some Frame rail modification with a "BFH" and there's not much room from side to side or front to back.
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The frame rails have to be cut a bit as well as the front crossmember (if it's any thing like a 1st gen civic.) The bays in those old Accords are pretty close to the same as the Civic I think. Hell the Accord motor (79-8? was a 1.8 CVCC deal) was swapped into Civics for more displacement. There's some info about the swap on this site:
http://www.1stgencivic.com/
http://www.1stgencivic.com/
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carb to efi is not hard at all just tedious.
all i did was grab a dash harness and engine harness for the engine, strip all the wiring relating to lighting out of it, then put it all in the car, with the fuse boxes and everything, hjad to be creative to hide it all and keep a stock look, then i tapped into the wiring at the ignition switch and for the gauge cluster, that way you used teh stock switch which powered it all, but still used all teh factory controls for lights etc.
the things is i did it obd0 for the ease of checking the LED for engine codes....worked great though, 1978 civic cvcc wagon that was automatic, fuel injected, AND won a burnout contest at Nopi a few years back in Houston.
all i did was grab a dash harness and engine harness for the engine, strip all the wiring relating to lighting out of it, then put it all in the car, with the fuse boxes and everything, hjad to be creative to hide it all and keep a stock look, then i tapped into the wiring at the ignition switch and for the gauge cluster, that way you used teh stock switch which powered it all, but still used all teh factory controls for lights etc.
the things is i did it obd0 for the ease of checking the LED for engine codes....worked great though, 1978 civic cvcc wagon that was automatic, fuel injected, AND won a burnout contest at Nopi a few years back in Houston.
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