Alright guys so I bought a 98 civic Dx from a guy a little while ago and I'm finally getting around to working on it , the head gasket was bad and so was the clutch I picked the car up for about 300 dollars the guy has owned the civic since 1998 I thought that was cool to know where the car came from , anyway so I had the block checked out and it's still in good shape but the head was warped and I decided to instead purchase a y8 head from a buddy. Which is ready to go also had it checked out . I also purchased all gaskets neccceaary for the y8 head and a timing belt , y8 intake manifold and throttle body etc. , subharness so I don't have to worry about to much wiring as far as vtec only reason I purhased that because I got it for next to nothing , I also have the the p2p ecu .. Is there anything im missing that stands out to anyone that I would need to get my car up and running healthy? I was assuming this would be the right section to post this I hope you guys don't bash me for this post I've done my research but I feel you can never be to thorough with this stuff . Thanks in advance

 

You'll need a knock sensor and thread it in to the block and wire it to the ECU. Also you'll want the Y8 injectors if you haven't already. Your intake air temp sensor will need to be placed somewhere in your intake piping. I hope the intake manifold you purchased was 5 speed (has IACV on the back) and also was a 96-98 (doesn't have the holes for FIAC). Basically you don't want these two manifolds:

FIA 99-00


96-00 Auto (notice to the right no holes for the IACV)


If you have the correct manifold then you'll need to do the IACV wiring as well.