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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 09:07 AM
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hey i have a d16y8 swap in my 96 ek
i reused the y7 harness so i rewired
the IAC and the 3 vtec wires..my check engine
is on because im using the y7 headers
is that true ?
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 09:19 AM
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Why don't you scan the code and find out. Its impossible to tell. You are purely guessing at this point.
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Old Oct 14, 2009 | 10:48 AM
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or atleast jump the service connector and look it up. then reset the ECU and if it comes up again, then u know u need to fix it.

and what ECU are u using
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 09:53 AM
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well i have a problem 2 i got a 93 eg and a 98 vtec head and dizzy. my block is still a dx so i did the swap and it ran wit my dx dizzy and it ran like crap. so i got a jumper harness and used the vtec dizzy now it wont start wat is wrong?????
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by EJ1kid93
well i have a problem 2 i got a 93 eg and a 98 vtec head and dizzy. my block is still a dx so i did the swap and it ran wit my dx dizzy and it ran like crap. so i got a jumper harness and used the vtec dizzy now it wont start wat is wrong?????
A: Get your own thread

B: You why did you get a jumper harness? For the Dizzy? You are already OBD1. Get and OBD1 VTEC ECU. And an OBD1 VTEC Dizzy
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Old Oct 19, 2009 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by R666_EK
A: Get your own thread

B: You why did you get a jumper harness? For the Dizzy? You are already OBD1. Get and OBD1 VTEC ECU. And an OBD1 VTEC Dizzy
yo my bad i dont know how to do my own thread but i spent all my money and some guy said i should get a jumper harness it was only 35$ so i got that and my ecu is a p28
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