well, now it's 13 months since my first motor blew, and 8 months since my last post and my car is still not moving. I have been reading the site for months though and now the car cranks and idols, so I'm almost there. I ended up getting a p72 with conversion harness and selling the p2t that I originally had. I've been through about 4 engine harnesses so far and I finally got the thing running. I'm only steps away from where I should be, all little things, but all tedious. I have to put the cluth line in and bleed it, put the bracket in to hold the shifter, and put some sheet metal to block the holes where the heater core box was.
I do have some questions though. Keep in mind I am going to turbo the car a month after i break it in as is. I realized I am missing a cat. I know thats where the o2 sensor is correct? Someone told me I can bypass the o2 sensor. I'm not really familiar with any of this so, is that possible? Should I even get a cat or just run a straight pipe? I'm also wondering how loud it would be if it was without a cat. I mean, I love the sound of a gsr motor that is beefy and deep, not one that is loud and annoying that we are all familiar with.
Next question is since I'm not going to have heat or A/C, do I really need those vacuum hoses? what should I do with the places where the vacuum hoses were if I don't need them.
I pretty much figured out the swap/auto-stick conversion with helpful materials from this site and honda-tech.com. I only got stuck twice, I'd say that's pretty good for a girl!