my friend from utah just moved back to cali, and got a CRX HF that was sitting in his uncles yard for 3 years!!! he tried starting the motor, but it wouldnt start...he finally gave up and decided to get a B16. I was going to sell my CRX, it has a B16, and other goodies...but since a friend needed help, i sold him the complete swap and told him i would help him out...so now we begin our project.

I have Swapped only 2 B16s...so im still learning more and more every time...this is the first HF i have done though, the other two where Si Models. so if you see anything that i am doing wrong, please dont be a dick and start talking crap, i will appreciate any help i can get, mostly with the wiring. I know alot of people like to come on Honda-tech and talk crap, so if your gonna do that, please leave this thread....this thread is for the guys that dont make Honda-tech thier way of life, for those who work fulltime and can only work on thier car one weekend at a time if that! here are some pics of what we got so far.....

heres the crap that needs to come out!


Its out!


That piece you see on the top of the valve cover is a broken piece of the Tranny...hmmm


GET THAT OUT OF HERE!!!


Eventually this will get painted, but as for now we got no time for any of that...i need to get this car out quick status!


this car has been hit in the front...that explains the black hood and bumper...heres the damage


Heres a pic of the interior, you should have seen it before i cleaned it....it had the interior all taken apart. beer bottles from way back, leaves, 4 intakes, 3 spare tires, 95 civic interior parts??? i took all that and kept the good stuff




another friend that hates the import scene because he thinks his piece of sht mustang is so great had to add his little drawing.
i found it funny though

took out the rear "GREEN" springs it came with, and i am putting my old tokiko shocks, and Ground control springs.
probably gonna get rid of the drum brakes and put discs, that is if i dont sell my extra set



we got rid of the blackies, and put on some old GS rims...u can see the hubs that i sold him as well...GSR Hubs, Brembo Rotors, Brand new OE brake pads.




its starting to look more like a CRX...when it came in, it looked like TRASH!

Its IN!!! Place Racing Mounts, Hasport Linkage. I used the same wire harness from my Si....this is my question...do i have to use the HF one?? or will the Si one work??



Next question....this is the HF Map ...
do i have to use this one?? this is waaaaayyyy too many hoses..


this one has Four Pins, as apposed to my Si, which had only 2


So i got an extra Si Map, and hooked that one up with two pins....



so far, this is as far as ive gotten



here is my crx, before i took out basically everything....yes i know its a ZC, this was before my B16 swap....most recent pic...but thats how it looked , just picture B16 in it


here it is after

i sold my si rims to some kid up in palmdale...and well im either gonna sell the frame of the car, or just keep it and do a complete make over...depends on my money situation...but thats for future plans

more to come as the weeks go by. thanks for checking it out.

 

sell me that red shell!!!!!!!!

 

you need to use the hf harness and if you wanna get rid of all those vacuum hoses on the MAP use an obd1 throttle body that has the map on it

 

Looks great! Now pull up your damn pants!

 

looks like a good project other than the damage from the wreck. but y didnt you just trade cars with him and him give u cash on top

sell me the front end and the door panels and the driver seat, off the red one

 

Hey nice car!!! I could swear by the interior shots thats my car. lol.

Where did you get those motor mounts? I have been trying to figure out WTF I had for so long!!!

Looks good so far, keep us posted.

 

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how much do you think i can get for it??? honestly LOL

 

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Is it okay to use the Map that i put on though?? i spent countless minutes sodering the two plugs HAHA

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Pooby88 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Looks great! Now pull up your damn pants!</TD></TR></TABLE>

HAHAHAHA! no time for fashion when im in my garage

 

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how much do you think i can get for it??? honestly LOL</TD></TR></TABLE>

i'd have to see it in person. but i got cash and a truck to pull it home.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yellow rex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks like a good project other than the damage from the wreck. but y didnt you just trade cars with him and him give u cash on top

sell me the front end and the door panels and the driver seat, off the red one </TD></TR></TABLE>

eeeeeehhh...u know what, the hood on the red one has a dent on it. and i will let you know if im planning on selling the interior. my poor baby

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Lost_in_a_world_so_cold &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hey nice car!!! I could swear by the interior shots thats my car. lol.

Where did you get those motor mounts? I have been trying to figure out WTF I had for so long!!!

Looks good so far, keep us posted. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks,

the motor mounts i got from my friend. that B16 is a ***** and was in his hatch before it was in my CRX, and now it left me for an older CRX that ****!! he got them off some guy that used to do swaps, hes the owner of Profab now...some lagger named Tim.

thanks, ill work on it this weekend and see what progresses

 

Ill think about it, im still thinking of bringing it back to life. a friend of mine is going to sell me a Single Cam Vtec for 250, and i got enough parts in my garage to get it running again, so i would be able to actually get a little more money out of it. but we will see.....a brotha needs cash right now..im getting my pad soon

 

Im too busy to read all this other stuff but just to let you know, you HAVE to use your HF engine harness for it, cause thats it's original engine harness and it's the same corresponding year of the vehicle so don't even bother argueing.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Contender25 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im too busy to read all this other stuff but just to let you know, you HAVE to use your HF engine harness for it, cause thats it's original engine harness and it's the same corresponding year of the vehicle so don't even bother argueing. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Cool, thanks man, you just saved me alot of time.

 

 

your red rex looked GOOD with the si's...

 

Yeah i got alot of stupid kids in my town that think you can switch engine harness...WRONG, lol seems like im the only one that knows this information!?. You know if you do that it's not gonna start and if it does something will be messed up and you will never solve it cause you are using the wrong engine harness. Here is another tip for you, if you ever have to replace the harness because it is torn or ripped/old as hell or cut all up, then you need to find one SPECIFICALLY to your vehicle year, like if you have a 90 HF crx, then you need a 90 HF crx engine harness, if you have a 88 DX civic hatchback, then you need a 88 DX CIVIC HATCHBACK engine harness, blah blah and some more blah blah period.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ls_dx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your red rex looked GOOD with the si's... </TD></TR></TABLE>

thanks man, too bad they are gone now brand new azenis too!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Contender25 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yeah i got alot of stupid kids in my town that think you can switch engine harness...WRONG, lol seems like im the only one that knows this information!?. You know if you do that it's not gonna start and if it does something will be messed up and you will never solve it cause you are using the wrong engine harness. Here is another tip for you, if you ever have to replace the harness because it is torn or ripped/old as hell or cut all up, then you need to find one SPECIFICALLY to your vehicle year, like if you have a 90 HF crx, then you need a 90 HF crx engine harness, if you have a 88 DX civic hatchback, then you need a 88 DX CIVIC HATCHBACK engine harness, blah blah and some more blah blah period. </TD></TR></TABLE>

word!!! yeah i kinda had a feeling that it wasnt going to work, so i didnt even want to start it up. how about Rywire?? they dont make HF harnesses. i should check that out too. i have the old harness... its in good shape, it will just plug in right? except for the Fuel injector plugs...anything else??

 

I should be working on it this weekend, hopefully get the HF wiring harness, see if we can atleast just start it up, get the hell out of my garage so i can put my crx in there!

 

gonna do the harness today

 

everything plugged in, hopefully it turns on tomorrow.....ill take pics and post them....also doing the Rear disc brakes...taking out the drums cuz who wants those anyways??! cleaned the interior, Pics will be posted soon, sorry i havent gotten crackin....

 

What did you end up doing with the HF transmission? Did you leave it in the car, or is it possibly available?

 

why would he leave it in the car?