If I do the swap will I have enough clearence to close the hood? If not what do I ned to do to make it close?

 

Ive seen people take a DOHC ZC Hood and cut the supports and it fit. Or even a stock hood and cut the supports. But you can also take your hood and vent it like an inch and it will give you the clearence you need plus it allows better air flow through your engine bay for a cooler running engine. If it is vented then it will run at about 1/4 on your temp guage, thats about half of what it will run with the hood stock. All you need to vent it is longer 10mm bolts and 1 in spacers to fit between the hood brackets and the hood...

 

If u have B16 engine hood will close. But i u have D series SOHC probably u will need hood from DOHC car (doesnt matters will it be from B or D series).

 

My brother has a 91 hatch with a b16 in it and it fits fine.

 

I have seen a CRX w/GSR on Hasport mounts. The hood shuts but it did develop a few dents from the inside where the valve cover is rocking up and banging the hood. One plan is to add 1/4 spacers on the driver and passenger mounts. The valve cover also has some wear mounts where it has been rubbing forward and back against the hood.


Modified by JohnnieChimpo at 2:55 PM 4/11/2006

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JohnnieChimpo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a CRX w/GSR on Hasport mounts. The hood shuts but I did develop a few dents from the inside where the valve cover is rocking up and banging the hood. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Same thing with me but no dents in the hood. What happend with me is the hood started rubbing the valve cover and now i have some nice "Fang Looking" marks on it. My hood was even washered up at the hinges (the hood hinges by the windshield) and this still happend. I just ended up cutting a few pieces of the underskeleton on the OEM hood til my JDM styled carbon fiber hood arrived. (made to fit usa front end crx's)




Modified by spcrxracer at 9:25 AM 3/28/2006

 

Where did you get the JDM style hood made to fit the usdm car? Sounds like this is a good option for me.

 

vis and siebon have them. its the SiR style hood for the usdm front end. basicly the middle of the hood comes up ( instead of down like our oem hoods do ) thus clearing the valve cover

 

Yes your stock hood will close with gsr motor! No need to get a CF hood, unless you want too.

 

Please elaborate on how you got your stock hood to shut with a B18C. Did you cut your inside of the hood up, did you use washers where the hood mounts, and what mounts did you use?

 

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just cut a little bit of webbing on the hood

 

Yeah but what mounts are you guys using? I'm hearing the EFB1 mounts won't work even if you cut the hood. I have the EFB1 mounts so I'm curious if I can use a stock hood.

 

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Same thing with me but no dents in the hood. What happend with me is the hood starting rubbing the valve cover and now i have some nice "Fang Looking" marks on it. My hood was even washered up at the hinges (the hood hinges by the windshield) and this still happend. I just ended up cutting a few pieces of the underskeleton on the OEM hood til my JDM styled carbon fiber hood arrived. (made to fit usa front end crx's)</TD></TR></TABLE>

I have the exact same marks on my valve cover. I´m using a CF ZC hood with cut out underskeleton , I even grinded away as much as I dared of the CF hood itself to get more clearance. I´m using Hasport mounts.

BTW , what kind of radiator are you using ? Is it a DA radiator (if so , how is does it fit) ?

 

Yeah, this all really depends on the motor mounts you use. I hear the new Hasport mounts place the motor really well. I have the same problem that spcrxracer had:

 

So what are the best mounts to use??

 

Well, I heard the Hasports were supposed to be the shiznit, but apparantly some guys are still getting clearance issues with them. I myself am using some old school mounts that I don't even know the name of.

 

anyone need the hasport efb2 mounts with hydro actuator??? will sell for 370 shipped brand new!

 

gsr swap in mine i have no problems

 

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yep! Cuz the hood "puffs" up in the middle.
The only difference between JDM and USDM is the way the hood latches . The latches are different, so it's the same design, just built for the USDM latch.


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And yes, the stock hood WILL close, also. But the back part of the valve cover will still rub the webbing. You'll end up basically having to cut out the entire middle portion of the OEM D-series CRX hood (thus leaving the thin sheet metal without support). I just thought the CF Hood looked cleaner


<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Arvid &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">BTW , what kind of radiator are you using ? Is it a DA radiator (if so , how is does it fit) ?</TD></TR></TABLE>
My radiator is a C&R radiator w/SPAL lightweight, super fast fan. It's made for the CRX. Fluidyne and Koyo are also GREAT products. A bit more blingy (shiny) than C&R. I just liked C&R cuz it came with the SPAL fan and it was good value.

 

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It's been Converted to OBD-1 p28 ECU and a JDM 95 Y80 L.S.D Hydro Tranny </TD></TR></TABLE>

dude howd u do the clutch MC setup in there???? Any more info?

 

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yep! Cuz the hood "puffs" up in the middle.
The only difference between JDM and USDM is the way the hood latches . The latches are different, so it's the same design, just built for the USDM latch.

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Not flaming but you do know the headlights are differnt too? The "USDM SiR" hood is made for the small USDM headlights and latch and it "puffs up"

Putting a JDM hood on a USDM car will look like *** if you don't add the JDM headlights and bumper. That's why they make a USDM SiR hood.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JohnnieChimpo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not flaming but you do know the headlights are differnt too? The "USDM SiR" hood is made for the small USDM headlights and latch and it "puffs up"

Putting a JDM hood on a USDM car will look like *** if you don't add the JDM headlights and bumper. That's why they make a USDM SiR hood.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah! Thanks Bro, i forgot that. I was in a hurry typing cuz i was in class!

 

So the answer is it will work but am I going to be saying goodbye to my freshly redone valve cover shine?

 

I'm curious about this as well. Does anyone have a b18c motor in their crx with the efb2 mounts... whats my best hood option haha. Further up someone said that the new efb2 mounts set the motor well and there aren't any issues? Can anyone confirm this? Thanks so much!

 

Just cut some pieces of the hood support out and your will be good to go.