Hi, I have a '96 5 door Civic with the 1.5 D15Z3 Vtec-E, and I have been offered a complete (but wrecked) '95 2 door Civic with good motor for cheap money.
I was wondering whether it would be easy or hard to swap the D15B7 engine into my 96 Civic? I am new to this, but from reading what I could find I guess I will need to swap the ECU too, since my 96 Civic has the OBD2a and the 95 the OBD1, right? But apart from that would it be more or less a straight swap?
The reason I started thinking about buying the 95 Civic in the first place is that the gearbox in my D15Z3 is in need of replacement, but gearboxes are impossible to find at junkyards because the engine is so rare, and I was wondering whether I could perhaps swap just the gearbox from the D15B7?
From this page : 5 door chart it can be seen that I have the "1M" style gearbox now, and according to this page : 92-95 chart the 95 have a "S20" gearbox. Do anyone know if they interchangeable?
I would linke to swap the intire engine if possible and easy, but since I use the car for a daily driver, a gearbox swap might be a good temporary solution.
I hope somebody can help, it is not easy to find info on this rare D15Z3
Alex
I was wondering whether it would be easy or hard to swap the D15B7 engine into my 96 Civic? I am new to this, but from reading what I could find I guess I will need to swap the ECU too, since my 96 Civic has the OBD2a and the 95 the OBD1, right? But apart from that would it be more or less a straight swap?
The reason I started thinking about buying the 95 Civic in the first place is that the gearbox in my D15Z3 is in need of replacement, but gearboxes are impossible to find at junkyards because the engine is so rare, and I was wondering whether I could perhaps swap just the gearbox from the D15B7?
From this page : 5 door chart it can be seen that I have the "1M" style gearbox now, and according to this page : 92-95 chart the 95 have a "S20" gearbox. Do anyone know if they interchangeable?
I would linke to swap the intire engine if possible and easy, but since I use the car for a daily driver, a gearbox swap might be a good temporary solution.
I hope somebody can help, it is not easy to find info on this rare D15Z3
Alex