Ok so I have a 93 del sol si d16z6
And my friend has a 96 del sol b16

My friend is selling his del sol. And He told me if I wanted to swap his engine into my sol he would be cool with that. Anyways my point is what would I need to complete the swap? car noob here.

 

You don't really need a whole lot considering you're swapping the engines between the two cars. You'll have to swap the engine, transmission, axles, shift linkage (I believe) the ECU, wiring harness and I believe all the engine mounts are fine except for one. I can remember which one it is exactly off the top of my head. I think that about covers it.

 

any input on what tranny i should get? cause im gonna get instead of getting my friends cause its showing signs of failure and i dont feel like rebuilding it
b16 tranny? any other trannys that would complete the swap?

 

Er, the same model transmission that's on your friends car right now? Make it easy on yourself.

 

any hydraulic b series trans will work.

 

But the gearing is different is it not?

 

so any hydro b16 tranny?

 

yes, the gearing is different. ls is longer, but they come cheap. itr's have come down in price, have similar gearing, a better fd and lsd. that is where id put my money, but any b series vtec hydro trans will work

 

what a good friend you definetly should do it. Everything should be plug and play

 

Do it. Everything will swap over directly. All mounts are same. Take axles and swap them, unplug engine hwrness from firewall and swap over. Take ecu. Get same trans because the b16 trans is whats up. Get new motor mounts while at it since its a bitch to change when motor is already in and the t bracket should ckme from the b16. I pulled the b16 and dropped the d16. Pretty straight forward. Wish i wouldnt have but whatever

 

yeah I think I'll do that. How much do b16 trannys go for?

 

I dont understant this thread.

Hi, i own a d series del sol, my friend will give me a free b16 complete swap, he is selling his car and doesn't care if we trade swaps, his transmission is in bad shape....

OK...take the free swap, deal with it... and replace this "showing signs of failure" trans when the time comes or you have the money to do it.

 

I would just trade cars. but that's just me

 

Trading cars is not a god move. What if the other car has more problems then yours l. Dumb idea really. Atlest you know what you have and fan fix it.

 

agree! ! ! specially if your friends car came stock from dealer with the b16 theyre more valuable i believe

not an expert on del-sols but i do believe the 96 is obd2a and the 94 obd1 so u would need swap harness and buy 2 distributors or converter plugs!
"like i say this is what i believe not an expert but ill do a lil more research and let u know

 

if your friends del sol is an original vtec model with the stock b16 he's going to kill it's resale value by swapping in a d16.

you guys are winners.

 

the dumb idea is to swap motors, if trading cars is an option. Yes the 93-95 del sol's are obd1 and 96-97 are obd2. If there is anything broke, it won't be any different than fixing the OP's, body is the same for both. Also if the guy is his friend, the OP should know of most problems.

 

If you say so. But yea 94 is obd1 and 96 is obd2. You would need the ecu conversion plug. pulling the motor from a del sol is childs play so like i said idiotic to pay for title transfer and whatever else yall do in yalls county. Just swap and be good

 

Your friend is pulling your leg on this he is not going to just hand it over. If he was then why wouldn't he give you the complete change over..?axles, mounts, tranny and the ecm? Oh he wants to just trade engines only nothing else? and have nothing but useless parts and not have a running car? fuhhh outta herr dude

 

I'm just gonna completely swap over everything. Vice versa.
I was just asking what exactly do I need to swap over to make it run and what tranny I should get.

 

So much work for so little gain vs. buying your bud's car outright. Provided you get his original B16 del Sol (i.e., B16 is orig motor that came with the car), you keep a high resale value esp when it has all its original parts. Unless his needs a major amount of body work, I don't see how you would really lose. Swapping motors would really only be an option if buddy's B16 was a POS and you rescue the motor out of it. I guess what I'm saying is, before jumping head first into this idea, do the MATH first.