Okay yall, Im giong tomorrow to look at and possibly pick up a 1990 DX Hatch, I also am looking for a B-16 to pop into it so if anyone has one let me know. My question I guess is, If i end up getting a 92-94 B-16 and put it into that 90' DX, what if any electronic/ECU problems may I run into, I want to do the swap myself, but im not realy up on the electronic part of the swap. So some fore hand info could save me some trouble.

 

just get the 1st generation of B16, its cheaper and a no headache to swap in your 90 hatch!!

 

youd need a conversion harness if you did that, but go with what the guy above said

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Get the first gen. Mostly because if you're buying it with a trans you won't have to go look for a b series cable trans.

 

were might I locate one of these 1st gen B-16's, are they fairly common.

 

almost any site you find online that sells jdm swaps will have them. http://www.hmotorsonline.com has them.

 

Okay kool, its kinda short on power, but that would save some money, would it be wise to bore that thing out a bit

 

WELL AS A START I HAVE A B16A 1ST GEN BLOCK FOR SALE . IN GOOD SHAPE 60K ON IT NO CYLINDER SCORING OR CRANK SCORING , SECOND SWAPING A FIRST GEN IS THE WAY TO GO BECAUSE YOU BOLT , PLUG AND DRIVE .......

AND YOU CAN PUT ANY MOTOR IN THAT CAR AND NOT HAVE ISSUES , YOU JUST HAVE TO PREPARE BY BUYING THE RIGHT SWAP , WITH ALL PARTS INCLUDED - DASH HARNESS , ENGINE HARNESS , AXLES, TRANNY , MOUNTS ETC.

I RECCOMEND GSR DUE TO THE POWER TO WEIGHT RATIO BUT THE FIRST GEN WOULD BE GOOD

 

thanks, yeah Im worried about the umph (or lack of) Im going to get out of that B16. 160 HP aint much, I want to eventualy be able to get 200 wheel HP out of a NA B 16, but thats lookin pretty difficult.

 

Well if thats lackin the umph you want the 2nd gen isn't much better than the 160hp first gen... rated at 170 no? Boost it! .

 

Yeah thats true, Im not a big fan of boostin and dont want to spend more money. Im stickin NA on this one.

 

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Don't want to spend more money? You're going to have to spend A LOT more money to get a b16 to give 200whp...

 

H22A

 

Yeah 200 WHP is almost impossible on my budget, but im still with the NA for now, maybe turbo later on, Thanks guys