d16y8 swap, pics

[amy@af]

we put a d16y8 into a friend's hatch. he got the engine off ebay, it came with dyno sheet. it had: jg ported intake mani & throttlebody, port & polished head, bullfrog cam, jg cam gear, & dc sports header. he picked up a dual friction stage 2 center force clutch. also did a front hub swap and rear disc conversion. he painted the exterior of his car orange so to top things off we attended to the bay as well.

let the pics begin...

before:


prepped for paint:


car owner painted it, did a good job:


jer painted the tranny, block, and valve cover:




jer's better than stock wiring harness for MPFI & obd-2:






there ya have it.

oh yea, the conversion harness the owner of the car picked up for the p28 ended up being made wrong. jer took stock ecu diagrams from several years to make sense of it all. we've come across a couple of those harnesses that have had incorrect wires. jer has decided he's going to start making them. he's MECP certified, he's not some jerky who feels like playing with wires. he'll test every harness after it's made to make sure it works before he ships it.

[KaMaKaZiPyRo]

damn thats clean as hell

[travagliante]

OMG id love for my engine to be that clean and shiny

[slave]

just gorgeous work there Ami. Well done

[mellowboy]

Very clean

Why did he convert it to obd2?

[amy@af]

we didn't convert it to odb2. used the p28 (obd1). there is stuff on the obd2 block that isn't on the obd1. make sense now?

and thanx everybody. it was a lot of work in a very short amount of time. but we're happy with the results

[91civicDXdude]

Looks pretty damn clean.

If there are things that arent on the OBD1 harness, and you're using an OBD1 ECU, then the things that are extra obd2 you will not use :P

btw, what did the dyno graph look like?

[amy@af]

bah! i don't do the wiring. he's MECP cert. so i don't bother. all i know is he rewired it so all he had to do was plug n play. no 8 wires to extend with the conversion harness. then we plug in the conversion harness and all hell broke loose

when jer gets on a wire mission it's sometimes hards to keep up with what he is thinking.

[amy@af]

btw the way, sidenote:

we were extremly happy with how clean the firewall ended up looking

[GTA]

came out hella clean

[1PhatCX]

awesome work!

can u do me a huge favour Ami? can u get Jer to e-mail or PM me steps on how to make a conversion harness for a ZC, my cars a CX/STD what ever u wanna call it, and all i have is the injector section of the harness with one extra plug which i'm guessin its for the dizzy? but if u can do that ASAP i'd be super happy, i wanna have the motor in this weekend

Thanx

[Posey88cvic4dr]

Looks great, not a fan of the color, but to each their own. Love the radiator swap. What did the dyno show the engine was pulling?

[icE_x]

very clean install, love it

wanna come by my house and dress up my engine? lol

[amy@af]

the dyno was i believe 152hp to the crank.

i'll ask derek and get back to you

[1PhatCX]

awesome thanx ami, i'm gonna try and find wiring shit on here right now and see if i can make sence of it lol