First thing first, I'm a new member to ht, been a member for about a month now. Here's the question, by the way i've already searched, what type of distributor do i need for this conversion, i haved a chipped p28, a obd1 conversion harness b/c my 97teg is obd2 of course, do i need a obd1 dohc vtec dizzy or obd2 and is there anything else i need to convert to obd1 to make this set-up work, any type of help will be greatly appreciated, thanx

 

You will need the distributor meant for that head. The Vtec and nonvtec distributors have slightly diff bolt patterns.

Since you are OBD2, if you get an OBD1 vtec distributor, you will need to swap the internals from the obd2 to the obd1 housing so that the engine bay harness can plug into the harness coming from the distributor. (remember to use the vtec ICM if swapping internals)

**You can also use the non vtec distributor if you want to cut off part of the lower 'leg' of that distributor. It will only use 2 bolts to connect... it's free and all, but I would not recommend you do that at all... complete rig.

 

thanx for the help and speedy reply, didnt expect a response so fast, so thanx again.

 

so what if you used the 99-00 si distributor and the 99 si harness with a obd1 gsr head? what is needed to be done to make it run correctly? obd1 gsr ecu or obd2 b16 ecu?

 

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Since you are OBD2, if you get an OBD1 vtec distributor, you will need to swap the internals from the obd2 to the obd1 housing so that the engine bay harness can plug into the harness coming from the distributor. (remember to use the vtec ICM if swapping internals)
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you are totally wrong here. you need the dist that matches the engine wire harness you are using.
if you have obd2 harness and an obd1 distributor. you only need the obd2 dist plug and then repin the 2 plugs from the dist into the single obd2 plug. no internal swap at all.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Phatch99 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so what if you used the 99-00 si distributor and the 99 si harness with a obd1 gsr head? what is needed to be done to make it run correctly? obd1 gsr ecu or obd2 b16 ecu?</TD></TR></TABLE>
what head you have doesnt matter, as long as its a b-vtec.


t the origonal poster. you need an obd2 b-vtec dist to make it simplest.

 

ahhh, H-T veteran to the rescue w/accurate info. this is much appreciated, by the way do i need to do anything else, injectors???sec.O2 sensor???? to make this work?

 

you can use obd2 injectors. and the obd1 ecu doesnt look for sec. O2. so u dont need that either

 

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you are totally wrong here. you need the dist that matches the engine wire harness you are using.
if you have obd2 harness and an obd1 distributor. you only need the obd2 dist plug and then repin the 2 plugs from the dist into the single obd2 plug. no internal swap at all.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Please, please tell me how I am wrong here... please do !

I told him he could swap the OBD2 internals into the OBD1 distributor housing... All he needs to do is swap the internals of the OBD2 to the OBD1 housing so the housing will bolt to the head and the harness will plug to his OBD2 harness. If you've ever needed to do this, I don't see how you could say it's wrong.

What you are telling him to do is DOUBLE work to 'repin the OBD1 to the OBD2 harness' Do you LIKE people to do work they don't need to do ?

Please don't jump to conclusions and tell people incorrect info if you don't really know what you're talking about.

For instance:

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t the origonal poster. you need an obd2 b-vtec dist to make it simplest.</TD></TR></TABLE>

And OBD2 distributor does NOT directly bolt to an OBD1 head... stop guiding people the wrong way meng....

 

there is no need to change the housing.
repinning is no work at all and take about 10 mins to do. lol. im just talking about the distributor plug being repinned.

 

my logic here is he is asking which distributor he needs. He can't use the LS distributor housing... it won't line up right. So he should simply get the vtec distr housing and can easily swap the internals (keep the vtec ICM) and get the OBD2 plug and wiring coming from the correct distributor... that way the wiring will be virginally intact. (Plus OBD1 internals are worth money, so he could sell those)

Re pinning is unnecessary and pain the *** work IMO... an internal swap is like playing legos... no need for bifocals or small fingers.

 

its 7 wires. lol bifocals? small fingers. unecessarry.

 

i would rather repin a distributor than swap out the internals.

 

eh... the internals are cake if you've ever done it. sound intimidating, but it's not and less intensive than repinning anything. either way... i think the subject's covered.