one of my friends has a 97 civic with a b16 in it and has had it in it for awhile . and ever since he put the motor in it has been sluggish all the way up to 5500 then vtec kicks in hard. the vtec may be normal because this is first b16 i have messed with but i know that when he is floored and it take forever to get to 5500 in every gear something aint right...

he has a ecu which is XXX-p2p-XXXX which is a 96-00 ecu

is it wrong ecu or something else.... also seen this...

maybe thats whats wrong...
i will try it on car tomorrow if thats the problem but its late here now.... anyone with same problem please chime in

thanks in advance

 

BUMP

 

wrong ECU

Should be running P2T or get a jumper harness and get a tuned or chiped P28 or a P08

 

PG6 : 88-89 Integra (all makes)
PM5 : 88-91 Civic/CRX DX
PM6 : 88-91 Civic/CRX SOHC Si
PM7 : 89-91 DOHC ZC (JDM 'EF' ECU)
PM8 : 88-91 CRX HF
PR2 : 89-91 ZC (Euro)
PR3 : 89-91 JDM B16A EF8/9
PR3 -J00 or J51 : 92 JDM Integra B16A EF8/9
PW0 : 89-91 JDM B16A EF8/9 DA6-XSi
PR4 : 90-91 Integra LS/GS
PS9 : 88-91 4 door Civic EX Auto
P05 : 92-95 OBD-1 Civic CX
P06 : 92-95 OBD-1 Civic DX
P07 : 92-95 OBD-1 Civic VX
P08 : 92-95 OBD-1 Civic D15 JDM
P0A : 94-95 OBD-1 Accord EX
P13 : 93-95 OBD-1 Prelude Vtec
P14 : 93-95 OBD-1 Prelude Si (non Vtec)
P27 : 92-95 OBD-1 EG JDM Civic 1600 sohc
P28 : 92-95 OBD-1 Civic Si/Ex
P30 : 92-95 OBD-1 DelSol DOHC Vtec Si/EG SiR
P54-G31 : 1997 Honda Accord 1.8 LS
P61 : 92-93 OBD-1 Integra GSR
P72 : 94-95 OBD-1 Integra GSR
P72 : 96-00 OBD-2 Integra GSR
P73 : 96-00 OBD-2 Integra Type-R (JDM & USDM)
P74/75: 92-95 OBD-1 Integra LS/GS
P75 : 96-00 OBD-2 Integra LS/GS
P2N : 96+ OBD-2 Civic HX Coupe
P2P : 96+ OBD-2 Civic EX Coupe
P2E : 96+ OBD-2 Civic DX Coupe
P2M : 96+ OBD-2 NZ Civic SOHC VTEC
P2T : 99+ OBD-? Civic Si Coupe
P5P : 97-00 OBD-2 Prelude Type-S (JDM ECU)
PBA : 97+ US Acura 1.6EL
PCT : 98+ JDM ITR / CTR
PCX : 99+ OBD-? S2000

 

just chip a p28 and get a jumper harness so you can get it tuned in the future

 

my friend bought a ecu with jumper harness and the dam sticker is ripped off so i dont know exactly the harness and we hooked it up and its doing same thing so probley wrong ecu. if i put in a stock p28 should it run better then now or would need it socket and chipped?


thank you for all the help
sky

 

another quick question is ... is a b16a2 sohc or dohc or did they come both ways?.....

because im 100 % sure his is sohc but the clock code was b16a2... was late last night so i could of read wrong.......

 

It's a dual cam. If it's a single cam then it isn't a b series

 

well since you have a b16 either get a obd2a to obd2b harness to a p2t ecu which is the 99 00 civic si stock ecu OR get a step down harness to a jdm p30 ecu if you can find one or just get a chipped p28 or your preferred ecu and get it tune asap