here i sthe pickle im in... im swapping a d16y8 into my 96 civic dx that had a d16y7. i know that i will have to wire in the vtec selenoid and the vtec pressure switch, my question is can anyone give me a step by step with some pics or something so i know exactly what i am doing? thanks for all the help guys

 

anybody have anything

 

you can search here, there are already writeups on how to do this. but its pretty straight forward.

 

Sounds like this is your first swap. My advice if you dont have the time is to get a 96-98 civic EX harness and start off connecting the fuel injectors. Then work your way towards the distributor and so on. Just look at the sensor plugs and see which one fits in each sensor. If your not sure if you did it right, take pictures and post it up here. Pictures will really help

However, if you have the time and money then just take your original civic harness, and start plugging it into the engine. Just guess it but start from the fuel injector plugs. Remember take pictures and post it here if your not sure which sensor goes to which

And if you still have the d16y7 motor with the original harness on it, then take pictures of that too so you know which sensor plugs go to where and then transfer it to your d16y8 motor with the pictures as reference

 

i have a subharness for vtec.......for sale......$25shpd
jus plug in and run to the ecu and plug in teh ecu pins

 

u have any pics of it... does it work just as well, come with instructions on which ones to plug it into??

 

is it so hard to go search for an ecu pinout, compare yours to the printout and run the damn wires?

**** spending money. you still need to run wires to the ecu with his adaptor.

go to a junkyard, find the plugs for the solenoid and switch, search your closet or garage for 6-7 feet of 16 or 18 gauge wiring, and spend 30 minutes.

good luck man.

96-98 is obd2a 99-00 is obd2b
search for ecu pinout.

http://www.ff-squad.com/technet/

 

you dont need any extra anything.
this is all you need. pics in the forsale thread. $25 shpd.
and the link the negative guy posted will show you what ecu pin locations to slide the ecu pins into.
you wont need to cut or solder or search for any thing.
http://hondamarketplace.com/showthread.php?t=2746569

 

thanks for the help/advice bro... any idea where i grount the vtec pressure switch i didnt see that on there

 

im guessing it as simple as putting a ring terminal on it and grounding it

 

you're also going to have to convert from 3 wire IACV to 2 wire. That is if you don't use the EX harness. By the way what year is the Y8 you are using?

 

its a 96 y8

 

regardless of what the diagram says. You dont need to rewire the IACV plug. I have a 3 wire IACV which is connected to my P28 with the 2 wire IACV fix. It works fine.

 

But that is only if you have a 3 wire IACV on the car right now. Also VTEC is pretty easy to wire as noticed in the diagram above.

 

thanks for all the input guys