UK D13 civic

[zeppelin101]

Currently I have the UK DX with the carb D13.

I'm looking at dropping a B16 in however I believe there may be issues I just want to get sorted out. I did find a thread on it however I would like further clarification.

So next year I'll be picking up a full swap, ECU, loom etc however I believe there are some issues with the current wiring in the car. Would someone be able to explain this further? I was under the assumption that if I pulled the loom and ECU from the donor car and ran those it would be plug and play...

Also fuelling; is it neccessary to drop the tank to run MPFI from a carb? I'm fairly sure the lines will need changing but that shouldn't be too much hassle.

I can pick up a full swap very cheap over here, much cheaper than my alternative option of an S13. Really want something to tie me over til I finish university and I'm getting annoyed with getting people in the car, putting my foot down and sod all happening lol

 

[awptickes]

Well, we need to know more about your car. Year, chassis code, engine code, etc. Very few members are familiar with the euro-spec cars, so take a shot.


You'll need to replace the fuel pump, yes, and the ECU and probably the whole wiring harness.

 

[zeppelin101]

It's a 1992 EG3, if I remember right the engine code is D13B2.

By whole harness do you mean the in-car electronics as well? Dash etc shouldn't be too much of a chore I expect...

I'm guessing that since the engine is partially taken over from the EF, for ease of use Honda would have messed the ECU wiring up a bit but I only assumed that the engine wiring would have been OBD0 and the in-car would have remained OBD1, as the LSi (D15) clocks work in the car. It didn't come with a tacho and I wanted one, so I swapped em over and it works a treat.

 

[zeppelin101]

Any other thoughts? I've had one or two people say I'll need to swap the fuel lines as well but I can't really see why I would have to?

 

[awptickes]

You would probably want to put new fuel lines in, the current ones are over 16 years old, and were not designed for high pressure of a Fuel Injection system.