JDM B16 - Sport Compact Racing, Engine swaps guide and more!

B16a Installation (Page 4)

After you make sure EVERYTHING is hooked up right, have someone else take a look. Make sure all caps are back on, all hoses have a destination, all wires are going to something....

Then reconnect the battery. And fire it up.... if it doesn't start, don't get discouraged, most likely its something small you overlooked. Double check everything again.

As long as you took your time, everything should be OK. It will probably idle rough initially. If it idles very HIGH, you may need to check your vacuum lines. Make sure you check to see if the ECU is throwing any codes. Alot of the time it will throw a code #7 (TPS) which means ya need a new one. You can probably get one from a junkyard for or so. Honda doesn't sell them seperately, ya need to get the whole throttlebody. Screw that, just go to a junkyard....

Take it out for spin, and enjoy VTEC... I know I am!

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Part 1: Swap shopping list
Part 2: Taking the old engine out
Part 3: New engine installation

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