Ok I pulled my b16 out of my 2000 si and I swapped in a fully built Poorman type r for future turbo plans. Now my speedometer and odometer dont work. I used the same engine harness and I have no check engine lights. Only sensor I left off was the Crank Fluctuation Sensor. Vtec works fine. I even pulled out Speedsensor to clean it and harness it connects too and still dont work. I also noticed yesterday my reverse lights dont work either. My friend has same swap in his ek with same problems and his reverselights dont work bulbs are still good though. Does any one know what the deal is? Also where is the fuse for reverse lights on ek?

 

the first thing i would look at is your fuses. check to see if all of them good.

 

fuses

 

Ok I checked all the fuses and it still dont work. Any other ideas.

 

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well, i really dont have any experience with this, but i'd suggest get someone mechanically inclined to look over everything, to make sure you've hooked up all of the sensors right. even if you've checked over it again and again, they will probably find something you've overlooked. good luck.

 

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is the speedo plug pluged in on the tranny

 

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If you done a search you would of fined out.

poor mans r is gsr block with a b16 or gsr head.

 

Well I am mechanically inclined and everything is plugged up. There is no check engine light. It has to be something in the wiring though because my reverse lights went out also. I think it is a ground around the tranny somewhere.

 

What ECU are you running?

 

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gsr block w/ b16 head

 

check the fuses again... i'm almost sure that the taillights, and the gauge cluster are powered by the same fuse. so if that't out it would explain why both don't work.

 

there is a ground that should connect from the top of the tranny housing to the frame rail next to the lower tranny mount, check that.

 

Look under the dizzy and u should see a little ground there its just a tiny nipple. Is that plugged in? cause that didnt let my speedo or tach work. took my 3 hours to figure it out and i caught it by accident.

 

First off I am running the same p28 that I used on my b16 that was in there at first and I had no problems with the other motor.

Also what is a dizzy JDM and does that ground unplugg when you pull out the engine harness.

 

i thought vtec didnt work if the speedo didnt work

 

In some cases, but it also throws a check engine when vtec doesn't work

 

my speedo didnt work and vtec didnt work but it didnt throw a code. i just unpluged it and pluged it back in a couple of times, and it works fine now

 

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do u want your speedo to work stop looking for fuses and the ecu does not control the speedo and it will never throw a code if the speedo is not hooked up and your vtec will still work. theres only to things it can be either its nottttttt plugged in or the speedo sensor on the tranny went bad trust me it can happen

 

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If you done a search you would of fined out.

poor mans r is gsr block with a b16 or gsr head.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Wouldn't that just be a GSR

 

what's the point of putting a b16 head on a GSR block (aside from the better flow characteristics)? wouldnt it save time to just buy a GSR engine?

 

a poor mans type R ?
'If you done a search you would of fined out.

poor mans r is gsr block with a b16 or gsr head.'


isnt that a GSR?

 

Wouldn't you need to change the pistons to make that worth your while? A GSR head yields higher compression than a B16 head? I was gonna build a GSR block with ctr pistons and a B16 head but that would yield 11.75:1 CR. Otherwise, you would lose power putting a b16 head on a GSR block...

 

poor mans type = gsr block with b16/ ctr pistions to yeild a higher compression with a gsr head.

you can use the b16 head but you will lose .5 compression.

the point is to raise compression ratio to get you closer to a c5 cr.

out of b16/ctr/itr/gsr the Ctr pistons give the highest compression

and if your that hung up on the " Better flow of a b16 head " port out the intake side of the gsr head, or get the snake tool and hone it out yourself to match your intake manifold gasket

 

When you raise the compression ratio dont you need to compensate with higher octane fuel? So whats the highest compression ratio that can work with 91 octane?