Caljank
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Howdy,
I'm hoping this is in the correct place. If it's not I am very sorry.
My 1991 Civic DX Sedan.
Chopped into a mini truck.
I got this car in October of 2015. It was a friend's project that was gifted to me when he suddenly decided to move out of state.
When I got L-Civic it was wide open to the world. It had 212k miles on the original D15B2 and 5 speed transmission.
My friend cut the top, and removed the steel where the tail lights mount, and he threw away the tail lights. He had some small trailer lights kinda setup, but they didn't have reverse lights. He tried to brace the body with some galvanized pipe and 1" steel electrical conduit.
The very first thing I did was to let it sit for 6 months and try to figure out what to do with it. I knew nothing about Hondas. I decided the vehicle was scary. The top moved from side to side with the lightest push. The gap at the top of the rear doors was gone. All of the wires rear of the driver's seat were tangled into the most colorful rats nest I've ever seen.
I googled wiring diagrams. I looked into roll bars. I ended up getting out my test light and started to work out what was what and noted it all on paper. I found an affordable roll bar kit on Jegs, worked overtime and started selling plasma. This is where it all began. My roll bar arrived and it sat. I'd never welded before and this was not a bolt-in kit. So, I waited and talked to people I know about learning and using there welder to do the job. June 2016 my best friend's dad came up from Colorado for a job here was on. He brought his wire feed and I learned to weld. We jacked up the center of the car to restore the proper gap in the doors. He taught me to weld on the doors, after those were welded closed. He showed me about measuring, cutting and notching the tubing on the roll bar. I got it mostly put in before his job took him back to Colorado. After that I spoke with an old boss (he runs a body shop) and traded some jobs around his shop for time and consumables with his Mig welder. My roll bar was completed October 2016.
I pulled the door panels and applied heat to the back side of them, and molded them to fit around the roll bar support that went to the floor pan in the front.
In the meantime I had to do something about my lack of good tail lights. My original plan was to find another EF Sedan, pull the tail lights and cut out the sheet metal where they mount, then put it all back into mine. Civics in general are not common in my area (You could fit all of the people in the state of Wyoming into Denver and have room to spare) and the cowboys out here like pickup trucks and SUVs .
I went looking elsewhere for other options. I found another set of trailer lights on a Chinese website that were big, bright and LEDs.
Between October 2016 and July 2017 I didn't get much accomplished. I did manage to get the tail lights in, and made it street legal (just barely). I got it insured and plated so that I could drive between my place and my old boss' shop. I did buy two 4'x8' sheets of 16 gauge steel, and I may have used a hood box to trace the shape for the back wall (I can't remember when I did this).
In August 2017 the family car died and I decided I should drive a beater and avoid putting 320 miles per work week on the family vehicle. So, L-Civic became a daily driver. I'd only driven it 2 miles at a time before so, I had no idea how poorly it had been maintained by it's previous owners. Between August and October I replaced the fuel pump. Several fuel filters. The main relay. The cap and rotor, plugs and wires. And of course an oil change.
Since then I've been driving. The cab is now 97% enclosed. I was goneg some HX rims and I bought new tires. I've replaced 75% of the front suspension, and now the engine and transmission have just over 233k miles. All the while the engine has used a quart of oil per 1000 miles. I started looking for a wrecked car to pull a motor with fewer miles on it to swap into L-Civic.
September 2018 I found a '98 Civic LX Sedan that still ran and had hit a deer. I snagged said vehicle for $200.
This is what brings me here to Honda Swap. I will be swapping the D16Y7 into my car. I bought a Y8 manifold. I found someone to make me a conversion harness for the engine that adds mpfi and let's me keep all of the OBD2 components. It plugs into the body harness and adds the appropriate wires. Also it came with an obd0 to obd1 ecu jumper. I plan to find a p06 ecu to make it run.
I believe a have everything else I needed to do the swap. The 98 Civic has an auto transmission, I am keeping my DX 5 speed. I believe I can keep my d15b2 flywheel to use on the d16 block. I am currently reading as much as I can about this swap.
I expect it to go fairly smoothe. I've done engine replacements before when I worked at the body shop.
I know many of you do not appreciate my engine choice, that's okay. I'm looking to keep fuel economy. The price was right. This gives me the opportunity to do things I like to the daily I love.
Any and all advice will be appreciated.
Roasts too.
When I figure out pictures I'll post them (assuming this novel doesn't get deleted for being in the wrong place).
https://goo.gl/photos/hDf2ZkeEup95CVoX7
I'm hoping this is in the correct place. If it's not I am very sorry.
My 1991 Civic DX Sedan.
Chopped into a mini truck.
I got this car in October of 2015. It was a friend's project that was gifted to me when he suddenly decided to move out of state.
When I got L-Civic it was wide open to the world. It had 212k miles on the original D15B2 and 5 speed transmission.
My friend cut the top, and removed the steel where the tail lights mount, and he threw away the tail lights. He had some small trailer lights kinda setup, but they didn't have reverse lights. He tried to brace the body with some galvanized pipe and 1" steel electrical conduit.
The very first thing I did was to let it sit for 6 months and try to figure out what to do with it. I knew nothing about Hondas. I decided the vehicle was scary. The top moved from side to side with the lightest push. The gap at the top of the rear doors was gone. All of the wires rear of the driver's seat were tangled into the most colorful rats nest I've ever seen.
I googled wiring diagrams. I looked into roll bars. I ended up getting out my test light and started to work out what was what and noted it all on paper. I found an affordable roll bar kit on Jegs, worked overtime and started selling plasma. This is where it all began. My roll bar arrived and it sat. I'd never welded before and this was not a bolt-in kit. So, I waited and talked to people I know about learning and using there welder to do the job. June 2016 my best friend's dad came up from Colorado for a job here was on. He brought his wire feed and I learned to weld. We jacked up the center of the car to restore the proper gap in the doors. He taught me to weld on the doors, after those were welded closed. He showed me about measuring, cutting and notching the tubing on the roll bar. I got it mostly put in before his job took him back to Colorado. After that I spoke with an old boss (he runs a body shop) and traded some jobs around his shop for time and consumables with his Mig welder. My roll bar was completed October 2016.
I pulled the door panels and applied heat to the back side of them, and molded them to fit around the roll bar support that went to the floor pan in the front.
In the meantime I had to do something about my lack of good tail lights. My original plan was to find another EF Sedan, pull the tail lights and cut out the sheet metal where they mount, then put it all back into mine. Civics in general are not common in my area (You could fit all of the people in the state of Wyoming into Denver and have room to spare) and the cowboys out here like pickup trucks and SUVs .
I went looking elsewhere for other options. I found another set of trailer lights on a Chinese website that were big, bright and LEDs.
Between October 2016 and July 2017 I didn't get much accomplished. I did manage to get the tail lights in, and made it street legal (just barely). I got it insured and plated so that I could drive between my place and my old boss' shop. I did buy two 4'x8' sheets of 16 gauge steel, and I may have used a hood box to trace the shape for the back wall (I can't remember when I did this).
In August 2017 the family car died and I decided I should drive a beater and avoid putting 320 miles per work week on the family vehicle. So, L-Civic became a daily driver. I'd only driven it 2 miles at a time before so, I had no idea how poorly it had been maintained by it's previous owners. Between August and October I replaced the fuel pump. Several fuel filters. The main relay. The cap and rotor, plugs and wires. And of course an oil change.
Since then I've been driving. The cab is now 97% enclosed. I was goneg some HX rims and I bought new tires. I've replaced 75% of the front suspension, and now the engine and transmission have just over 233k miles. All the while the engine has used a quart of oil per 1000 miles. I started looking for a wrecked car to pull a motor with fewer miles on it to swap into L-Civic.
September 2018 I found a '98 Civic LX Sedan that still ran and had hit a deer. I snagged said vehicle for $200.
This is what brings me here to Honda Swap. I will be swapping the D16Y7 into my car. I bought a Y8 manifold. I found someone to make me a conversion harness for the engine that adds mpfi and let's me keep all of the OBD2 components. It plugs into the body harness and adds the appropriate wires. Also it came with an obd0 to obd1 ecu jumper. I plan to find a p06 ecu to make it run.
I believe a have everything else I needed to do the swap. The 98 Civic has an auto transmission, I am keeping my DX 5 speed. I believe I can keep my d15b2 flywheel to use on the d16 block. I am currently reading as much as I can about this swap.
I expect it to go fairly smoothe. I've done engine replacements before when I worked at the body shop.
I know many of you do not appreciate my engine choice, that's okay. I'm looking to keep fuel economy. The price was right. This gives me the opportunity to do things I like to the daily I love.
Any and all advice will be appreciated.
Roasts too.
When I figure out pictures I'll post them (assuming this novel doesn't get deleted for being in the wrong place).
https://goo.gl/photos/hDf2ZkeEup95CVoX7
