i kno this may have been asked b4...but...which ones can be used and is there one wiring harness that is better than the other for a B16A in a 88 Rex Si??

 

The stock CRX one is the easiest to use. Trust me .

 

hmm...i c i c ...but does it make any difference other wise? beside the level of difficulty?

 

Oh gosh no... besides level of difficulty, what else could be important? It's not like you'd get extra performance from using a JDM wiring harness, y'know .

 

i was always told that he stock JDM wiring harness has things wired differently to make room for the brake master cylinder, the steering, and a few other things being on the right hand side of the car.
i will admitt to possibly being wrong though-ive never done it first hand.


[Modified by JHMeg8, 7:25 AM 5/17/2001]

 

Hmm yeah, good point, I forgot about that... so in other words it seems like the stock harness really IS the best way to go!

 

Well i wired mine from the way on shadows site and i'm up and running just fine, i had to make a couple but other then that it's running quite well now, or maybe i just got lucky.


[Modified by 91sifreak, 3:10 PM 5/17/2001]

 

i was thinking more along the lines of...maybe the harness from a newer car would be in better condition than that of a older Si harness??? Maybe that would make a slight difference...not in performance, but in reliability..eg. not having problems and so forth??

 

So what harness do you want to use, correct me if i am wrong but i believe this harness really is the one to use. The 88-91 is the one i used and added four wires ( actually 5 including the ground ) to a seperate little harness of my own creation ( it on that site the shadow said to check out ) and mine runs fine, as long as the harness you are going to use is in decent condition, use it. But there maybe a better way, i don't know everything or try to say i do.

 

WELL I WAS JUST SAYING THAT IF THE HARNESS ISN'T IN THAT GREAT CONDITION...WOULD ONE FROM NEWER CARS WORK?

 

I don't believe so, but like i said i don't everything. I have another Si harness that is in pretty good condition, if you would like it I could possibly sell it to ya ( For like nothing ).

 

the connections where the engine harness plugs into chasis harness are different on the newer harnesses-so you would essentially be creating an entirely new harness for everything to work. Your best bet if your worried about it is to get a harness from the same generation thats in better shape.