88 crx Hf - **VTi** swap

[Civic-Man]

Thanks 88hf, for a more experienced person like you yes it should not be difficult to figure out the difference, but for me i am still at visual learning stage. where i got it from, now that interesting. my mechanic mention it by mistake that he has a wiring which have two selonides attached....i asked him to show it to me, and woha, it was a genuine original 3 stage with most of the sensors attached+distributor and fuel line etc.so it took it from him. i'll soon be taking the insulation off, take pics and share with all you people so it might help some Noob like me.
many many thanks for your kind words on floods. world is full of different people some can say nice things easily, other find it a bit hard, but thank you again.
best wishes on your work and I MISS PICS THAT YOU USE TO POST.....

Originally Posted by 88hf

Either way, it should not be difficult to modify. Most of us here haven't seen 1 original harness much less know the visual difference between the two. How did you source the harness?

Should have the rest of what I need to install the z7 beast Monday, although I do have a little side project to complete before slapping her in. I will be making my own engine mounts from Shore A 70 polyurethane rubber. I'm also adding black light reactive compound to the rubber when mixing.

Sorry to hear about the flooding. It sucks when people act like it is a communities fault for living in a flood prone area. Wish you all the best in your efforts to help. That type of devastation is very stressful to be involved with.

How many people who have visited here have this engine running? Hopefully I will have mine operational soon and can reorganize the information one last time!

[88hf]

pretty sweet to get a setup like that as a matter of coincidence. I just ordered the timing belt, tensioner, and water pump from here this morning:

Honda P2A P2J Timing Belt & Water Pump Kit

I'll snap some pictures of whats new laying around. Getting to the point of no return here shortly. Think I'll be getting a small engine crane soon to help things along.

Best of luck civicman, and hoping your people make a full recovery.

[88hf]

da integra booster


da knuckles, rotors, loaded calipers


98 y8 intake manifold


99-00 civic vacuum canister


96-98 civic vacuum canister


99-00 civic a/c evaporator and wiring


98 civic ex injectors, hoses, wiring, ac lines

[Civic-Man]

Thanks 88hf. and nice collection, hope you are soon able to enjoy the ride.

Originally Posted by 88hf

da integra booster


da knuckles, rotors, loaded calipers


98 y8 intake manifold


99-00 civic vacuum canister


96-98 civic vacuum canister


99-00 civic a/c evaporator and wiring


98 civic ex injectors, hoses, wiring, ac lines

[88hf]

timing belt tensioner


P2A OEM timing belt


water pump

[88hf]

Fresh home brew engine mounts with 70A rubber


... Also blacklight reactive

[shorty_boy]

88hf,

Was it hard to do your engine mounts? I need to do mine because they are shot. I was looking at buying some energy yellows (firm on the soft to hard scale) for about 80USD

Civicman,

If your harness is for CVT, you will have three (3) plugs on the harness ( two gray and one blue for OBD2A). All that you would do is remove the plug and the wires for the CVT sensors on the harness. I build my harness from the chopped JDM harness and a 96 civic ex automatic harness.

[88hf]

I am satisfied with the results of the mounts I made. I wouldn't really suggest anyone else do it though. Its messy, dangerous, there are toxic fumes and splinters of metal to pull from your fingers. I'm not even going into how I did it. If you decide to attempt it, good luck and be careful. Cutting out the old rubber is not fun and protect your eyes, I had a close call with old molten rubber flung on my eyelid before I decided to wear glasses. Alot of people just fill their old ones with window weld or silicone, buy new ones, or the inserts you are talking about. The rubber in my front mount was completely gone, and inserts didn't appeal to me. For $80 it would be advisable to throw in a few extra bucks and buy replacements from rockauto for ~104. The inserts don't appeal because they fill what is supposed to be the weakest part of the mount (an engineered hole) with a harder rubber than the original partially degraded mount. That has to be transmitting vibration in a way the engineers specifically wanted to avoid. Just my opinion.

[88hf]

150 @ harborfreight and 20% coupon is $130 total with tax.

[shorty_boy]

I have the same one ^. Can't wait to use it.I think I might by the replacement mounts from RockAuto or go with the D-Series mounts By Innovative (~250USD).

Always remember ORM and PPE when working on anything.