I need help with this decision

[cvcricer420]

Ok i have a 1995 Honda civic sedan (auto) and I need your help to decide what I should do. I want to do a b16a2 swap with auto to manual conversion. What I want yall to do is to tell me if I should keep this car and go ahead as planned or should I sell this car and get a 5th or 6th gen coupe ( I like hatchies but thier just not for me) EX manual transmission and then go ahead with the swap because I know it's no picnic doing an auto to manual conversion and I could do the swap myself it's just the auto to manual conversion so I would have to pay someone to do it... So what do yall think give me lots of feed back please.. And if i sell the car should I get a 5th or 6th gen civic I do kinda want a 96 or higher then i could make it look like an Si... And one more question are all 96+ civics that are ex 1.6 sohc v-tec ( not a rookie I spelled it right) if so y don't they say it appreciate the help!!!!!!!!!!!!

[crxlvr]

yes its vtec and yes all the 1.6l ex civics are sohc vtecs.

anyway you'd be better off to sell your car and find a manual one, the tranny swap is very difficult to perform and its not worth the time and money it costs to do. try finding your newer model.

[cvcricer420]

I appreciate your response but, i have one more question that justed popped in my head and please don't flame me anyone, but if I have been learning anything from researching these forums it's that the b16a1 is non-obd cable trans, b16a2 is ob2 hydraulic trans, jdmb16a is just obd1 so what do i do if i do the jdmb16a in let's say 96 civic ex that's obd2 like what happens does the new ecu make it obd1 and isn't the b16a2 the usdm b16a.

[crxlvr]

ok if ur gonna buy an engine thats not the same OBD series as your car, your gonna need to make a whole mess of wiring changes, and a hydro-cable tranny conversion, or vice versa.

if your car is a 96 with OBDII id suggest getting either a b16b or b16a2, these motors will go in with less pain than a b16a would since you wont have to worry bout the OBD wiring or converting the tranny.

[chechin]

Just to tell you what I've done I have a 97 Civic and I swapped to a B16A OBD0 and here is what you need:

1. GSR Distributor
2. 96+ Vtec Injectors
3. 96+ alternator

that's it, my engine starts and runs with OBD2 harness...it's not that difficult as it seems.

[cvcricer420]

Ok thanx to both of you but now i'm really messed up. Ok if i'm right the civic si was made in japan from 92-00 and that engine is the b16a which is obd1 with hydraulic tranny so how come from 96+ japan didn't have obd2 cars or did they and where can i get a b16a2 that's usdm isn't it???

[chechin]

to make clear this I'll include the following models

JDM models:

1. Civic/CRX SiR 1989-1991 OBD0 w/B16A 1st gen cable trans
2. Del SOl, Civic/CRX SiR2 1992-1995 OBD1 w/B16A 2nd gen hydro trans
3. Civic Type R 1996-1999 OBD2 w/B16B hydro trans

USDM models
1. Civic 1990-1991 OBD0 B16A1
2. Del Sol 1992-1995 OBD1 B16A3 (I'm not so sure on this)
3. Civic 1999-2000 OBD2 B16A2

if you want a B16 w/ OBD1 it has to be from del Sol USDM or from Sir2 JDM. If you want a B16 w/ OBD2 it has to be from Civic Type R JDM or from Civic Si 99-00 USDM. I hope it helps.

[cvcricer420]

thanx that cleared everything up and i'll just get the b16a2 usdm and turn my 96 civic when i get it into a si the hard way!!!!