well my friend has a 99 civic ex. he is planning to put a b16 in it, and has offered to sell me his v-tec d16 motor. well i have an 88 dx hatch. would it bolt right in or will i need to buy new mounts, shift linkage ect.? he will sell it to me for $250 with motor, harness and computer. and what is the full engine code of that motor? i know its d16 but i know theres different d16s and i wanna find all info i can. thanks

 

if it is a d-series motor u can use the same motor mounts but i am not sure of the other things

 

i beleive the engine code is D16y8

 

will my dx tranny bolt up to the d16y8? he wont sell me his. really wanna do this swap so my car can move faster~

also, anyone know where i can buy a set of headbolts online? for my d15b2? i just need the bolts so i can put my motor back together and have something to drive for awhile. my new head gasket kit wants to be installed!

 

if i was u i would go with a crx si tranny they rock i use one and have had no problem with it

 

so any info on bolts ? i cant find sets anywhere

 

you wont want to use his tranny, its hydraulic and you would have to convert yours since its a cable tranny. the motor will bolt right in using the DX stock mounts. you can run it using the pm6 and a vtec switch of some sort, or convert to obd1 and run a p28.. there are a few other options too but arent as popular

 

so i cant use the ecu he will give me with motor? sorry im new to hondas bought my dx for $100 was just gonna replace headgasket but now friend got a 99 ex and going b16. he wants to sell me his motor. i figured if he was giving me his motor, harness and computer it would all work fine just wast sure if trany would bolt to it.

 

these guys have you going in the right direction. you will need to use a cable tranny, and you'll need to activate the vtec. you can get a zdyne ecu or, i believe there are wiring harness conversions that you can use. also if you the have the d15b2 i think it's dpfi and you'll have to convert to mpfi. you'll hear this over and over, use search.

 

im surprised he sold you his harness, thats a pretty important item to do a b16 swap.

well if this was me i would search and find out if there was anyway to convert the y8s obd2 dist into a obd1 dist. if there was then i would convert my car to obd1 and then go buy a p28 ecu. or unless your watn to stay obd0 then you gota go find a complete si manifold and dist and ecu. of you could just stick you dpfi intake system on the y8 and just run dpfi.

i bet your could find someoen who would be willing to trade you this z6 dist and ecu for your dist and ecu. obd1 is better then obd2

 

well he is giving me everything but tranny. intake manifold exhaust manifold,dizzy all of it.

still cant find a set of d15b2 head bots

 

Go to the honda dealer for some head bolts!

 

yes you can use the same motor mounts but it's good to go ahead and put up gradeed ones in cus you will break them i have before it's worth the couple of bucks enstead of the hassle