engine swap in 95 civic

[Walker S-10]

I am thinking on putting a B1.8A1 out of an 90 or 91 acura integra LS some people tell me i have to buy the mount kit but some other people tell me that if i have both cars, is there away to do this with out buying the mounts any help would be great thanks

[eckoman_pdx]

Follow this link, it is a link to another thread in this forum that is already covering ths topic. If you were in the US this would be an Illegel swap, since here the motor has the be the same year as the vehicle chassis or newer. Apperantly someone in the other thread from Canda said they have heard of no such law up there, so I guess in that regard you are in luck.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=318219

Putting in a 94+ B18B1 though would be a little easier to do.

[Walker S-10]

i am from canada and there is no law like that here very interesting law thanks for your info

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by Walker S-10

i am from canada and there is no law like that here very interesting law thanks for your info

Yea, that's why I mentioned I saw yuo were from Canada so I had heard there was no such law there like that. In the US though, the engine has to be the same year or newer as the vehicle chassis, as I said. That means the swaps you and the guy in the other thread are doing are illegel here, which is why you probably would have gotten a bunch of responses saying "it's an illegel swap" in you hadn't mentioned you were from Canada. I actually find it interesting they don't have that law up there. I think the basic reason for it is, say you have a 92 car, them a 91 engine won't work because the emissions will be wrong. The motor will be non-OBD while the vehicle an OBD-I Vehicle. If it was a OBD-IIa 96 motor and you put in a OBD-I 94, the same problem. If you tried swappin in the older motor here you'd run into emissions testing issues. Now the reason you can put in a 96 OBD-IIa motor into a 92 civic? You can backdate the electronics and convert it to OBD-I using an OBD-I ECU. On a B18B1 or B18C1 for example, this would be a 94 or 95 ecu. You have to keep all the OBD-II sensors in place though, even if they are not being used due to the OBD-I conversion.