My brother wrecked his car and now we have to replace his engine and tranny. It's a 96 honda si (it's actually an ex from US). I can get a JDM si engine and tranny for a fair price.
My question is:
Is it just a straight plug and play? We pull the old one and put the new one in?
Or do I need a different wiring, shifter cables, drive shafts, ECU?
What about AC and power steering?
Is there any difference between the two as far as the hp goes?

 

I always take the time to answer questions like this.

Do a search, or use google.com.

 

Ya, thanx for the insight.
I've done the search and came up with notin.
Actually, I forgot to mention that the engine is an equivalent to the EX in US. It's the JDM SOHC VTEC + tranny. I am sorry, in Canada the US SI = SIR and the US EX - SI.

 

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I might not be to clear on things. The old engine is being replaced with the same engine from Japan. I think it is D16Z7... here in North America, it's not an upgrade..

 

on me.

Nothing to worry about then.

How much is he paying for it?

 

It's $1100 with the tranny, that's canadian$
I just wanna make sure the driveshafts are the same and there's going to be no problems with the ECU and AC.

 

It'll go in the same way you pull it out. Was the AC compresser damaged in the accident? If it wasn't, leave it on the car when you pull the old motor out, then bolt it on to the new motor, this way you won't have to get the AC system recharged. Same goes with power steering.