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obd2a engine harness and ecu in a obd2b car

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Old Jun 17, 2013 | 11:25 AM
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i have a 99 civic hatch it has a lsv in it right now with si engine harness and p28 with a step down... i just bought a b16a2 out of a ek4 which i belive is obd2a what all do i need to do to make this work right.... some people say use my si harness and get a p2t but i dont want to use my si harness since its all cut up and i dont want to spend money on stuff i dont need since i can spend it on building my lsv do i need a si harness and p2t or will the ek4 harness and ecu work ?
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Old Jun 17, 2013 | 08:05 PM
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Help the engine is going to be here next week and i want to make sure i have everything to drop it in and roll
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Old Jun 17, 2013 | 08:33 PM
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Default Re: obd2a engine harness and ecu in a obd2b car

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Help the engine is going to be here next week and i want to make sure i have everything to drop it in and roll
Si harness with P2T ecu, cleanest most proper route.

Both OBD2 ecu's wont have many if any tuning options.
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 01:23 AM
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If its a right hand drive harness you can't use it either way. Can't use OBD2a in an obd2b chassis and vice versa unless you swap cabin harnesses as well.
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 03:27 AM
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Default Re: obd2a engine harness and ecu in a obd2b car

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If its a right hand drive harness you can't use it either way. Can't use OBD2a in an obd2b chassis and vice versa unless you swap cabin harnesses as well.
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Old Jun 18, 2013 | 11:36 AM
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+2 what ever swap your doing you use the harness in the car or same year and adapt at the ecu if u want to jump down.. to obd1
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