just about to help a friend install a b18c type-r motor into his 95 civic ex. looking at the motors, I notice that the excisting 1.6 sohc vtec engine has the purge control solenoid mounted to the back side of the intake manifold,where as the b18c5 doesn't look like it has one at all. also on the b18c5 there is a sensor of some sort mounted right on one of the intake manifolds inlet tubes,what is this for?? where the heck is the purge control solenoid? we are doing something custom and will be using existing 1.6 sohc harness instead of the b18c5 harness. so,I'm trying to figure out a few glitches.

 

hey man....i just put a b18c in my 00 si. the sensor on the intake manifold should be a sensor for your intake temp. i am not sure where the purge control solenoid is on your motor but i do know that the vtec switch which is external on most vtec motors is built into your ecu. Which ecu are you using.....p73 obd2? Also you will need to find a pin out of your ecu to rewire your existing harness to fit it. Good luck with swap. I love my itr motor.