Andrew's engine swap (pics)

lil_red_rex said:

the main relay is near the hood latch....its square right under the dash, its tucked above the hood latch, feel around and ull get it

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Afte looking through my PDF Helms Manual, this is what I found about the fuel pump:
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I'll definatly try and replace that main relay today!
I'm off work all day, so expect an update later!
-Andrew

thats exactly it....good work.....hope everything turns out good for you!!! please hit us up with updates later.....

lil_red_rex said:

please hit us up with updates later.....

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How about now?

Today I Pinpointed the problem.
Bad fuel pump!
Multimeter says it's got power going to it-


I'll pick up a fuel pump today and try and get it in there.
The only problem is that right before the engine pooped out on me(before the swap) I filled up the tank w/ gas!! lol! now I've got like 3/4 of a tank to un-fill.
Pics later today, as well as more info.

-Andrew

Change of plans, I need the car running soon, so I went ahead and got it towed to the shop to have my buddy take a look.


He'll hook me up.
I'll let you guys know what it was when he tells me.

my friend that i bought it from said he spun through 2nd, and chriped third with it in his rex.. also that it makes more torque than his b16 he has in it now(b/c of the high compression)... so it'll be fun to drive!! ^_^

Thanks for all the help guys.
-Andrew

Look what the cat(usps) drug in...




Next paycheck will yeild some new tires. (195/50/15's. Yokohama AVS ES100's. Don't flame if you don't care for them, I've done my research and have talked to autocrosser's about which they like best, and they recommended these.)

-Andrew

Those are nice... where did you pick those up??

Hehe..
I'll PM you with the closeups you requested.
-Andrew

slipsteams!!!!

Yeah baby.

I should be hearing back from the mechanic shop in the next few days about the rex!

nice work man. now you'll be the second white rex with black Rotas. damn now i wont be able to tell you and my friend apart. lol call me if ever need any help. I'll be glad to help you.

Abel -850 545-3670

Thanks Abel, I might take you up on that someday, so keep in touch!

Update 7/7:
Sorry guys, I know it's been a while since my last update, but here's the latest.

This Tuesday(july 4th) i went to the shop and picked up my car, after plugging up some more vaccum lines and the Map Sensor. We traced the lack of fuel pressure back to my fuel pump, so I bought a new walbro 255, and it should arrive today sometime(hopefully this morning).

Heres some pics of the tank drain (needed to anyway. it was full of '87' octane, and i'm running 11.5:1 comp....) as well as the fuel pump removal. (my first time. it was actually a lot easier that what I was expecting, but still time consuming.)









Hopefully I'll be updating you guys tonight with the installed fuel pump, as well as the car starting up(cross them fingers!)

Is there any prep work I need to do on the new fuel pump? Is it just a drop in deal? no manual priming needed?

Thanks
-Andrew

dude i definitly will need your help in the future. i plan on changing my fuel pump,as well as putting a motor in my new crx shell.

thats fine man, just store my # in your phone and gimme a ring when you need some help.

BTW fellas I got the new Walbro 255 in there, and it's purrin like a kitten(the pump). However the car is not running.
We got the motor in time, checked spark in every cylinder, and will be getting an exact fuel pressure reading, but we're getting pressure for sure.

it'll starts, only for a moment, and sometimes idles for a second or two(at around 300rpm's).

Maybe the ECU is bad. I'm gonna find that out soon enough, either by buying another one locally or just plugging mine into a running EG and see if it works.

-Andrew

check your plugs. their prolly covered in fuel. if so your gonna have to get a fpr or something. the same thing happened on my buddies rex after the FP was installed. it turned over for a second and then just drowned the motor. Luckily he had a FPR and guage. he turned it down to about 46 and it ran pefect.

by the way if your obd1 i can lend you my p28.

The ecu deff should not be bad. I had it running in my car the same day I shipped it out. If for some reason it is messed up I will be glad to work something out with you. You have my numbers.

Alright Nick. I trust you on that, it's just that when I turn the key 'on', the engine light stays on, longer than the two seconds it's supposed to... don't worry about it bro, we havent singled it out yet, but magnets can mess up ecu's, so theres a slight possibility of it getting slightly damaged In Route.

we looked through our helms(EF and EG) and tried to troubleshoot it, we called Boomslang and chatted with them for a while, put in new plugs....

I guess we'll check into my fuel pressure situation next.

Abel, I really would like to test out my ECU. I'll be calling you today after lunch, ok? do you have a running civic it's in, or just have the extra ecu laying around? if anything, i'd wanna throw my ecu into a running car and check it that way. (maybe ask random people in a parking lot if i can.... lol)

-Andrew

check the code for the CEL...

If it doesn't want to idle, unplug your MAP sensor... Then see if the idle goes up... You may have a vaccuum leak, and sometimes unplugging the map can surge the idle up to 1500rpm.

I'll try that scrapinsi. thanks

Nick, ecu is fine. we tested it out on Taco's rex. it fired right up.
sorry i ever doubted you

I guess now's time to check fuel pressure and try that map sensor deal.
-Andrew

how about your dizzy wiring? that could be a factor. did this problem happen after the obd conversion? i remember when i had that provblem during the process. car would turn but not start. turns out i had the dizzy wires wrong. fix that then eventually found out the gsr dizzy wont work on a b16 head.