ok here we go.... 91 integra with a type r swap..car has been running fine no issues...car was acting as if battery was dead so i took the battery out and got it tested...battery was good...so i had a lil corrosion on the batt. post so i hit with a dab of coke. put the battery bac in attempted 2 start car nuthing happend no click or nuthin, but i smelled and saw smoke coming from behind the dash. i was like WTF! everything wks perfect (headlites, sunroof, dashlites, radio comes on but wont lite up neither will the system come on,) just the car will not start.... SOMEONE PLEASE GIMME SUM INSIGHT ON THIS

 

Check relays and fuses to start...

 

checked fuses..main relay was gud.....wat culd cause the smoking tho??? ne ideas..

 

How much smoke? Maybe its a loose connection or bad/no ground causing a spark and frying a bit of the harness?

 

smoke could be, coil melted, insulation broken and wire arcing, also what part of dash? what general location?

 

in my old da with a b20v swap i used to have a problem while driving, it used to lose power ( cluster dim radio not lighting up ect..) and a small amount of smoke from under the dash not to much just a lil puff. ended up being the plug to the altanator had some corrosion on it. Id check that! gl.

 

ok cool it comes from under dash a little... also car not turning over..

 

So it was running fine or did it ever run before you took out the battery, check all your grounds and your starter ground as well. do you have spark?

 

yea it was...it was turning over but wasnt starting b4 i took battery out

 

check for spark from the dizz.