jdm b16a turbo problems

[91b16turbohatch]

I have a 91 honda civic hatchback.I recently swaped out the POS factory motor for a jdm b16a.Now to the good stuff,i went out and bought the new turbonetics fmax kit and installed everything to the T.Now the mofo will not crank for nuthin,(no spark)have the see through msd dizzy cap and a blaster 2 coil.But stil no spark.So if anybody out there can help it would be greatly appreacted.thanx

[killah_xft]

do you mean the motor will not crank at all? as in the starter does not click on? and did you have the swap working before you went and installed the turbo kit? this helps eliminate some of the problems.. next step is seeing what you wired up to what, and if the starter/battery/ECU were wired correctly or not..

[91b16turbohatch]

o yea i drove the car around for like a month or two before i put the turbo on.What i mean is why would i not be gettin a spark out of the dizzy

[superbluecivicsi]

im just curious, did you swap then test to see if you had problems, or you just installed everything at one time?

[91b16turbohatch]

drove the car around to see if the motor was gonna hold up to the turbo then put the turbo on and now here i am

[civickiller]

what kind of engine management ?

[91b16turbohatch]

ummmm none stock pr3 ecu

[superbluecivicsi]

you put the turbo on and it didnt work? well, i personally dont think you should even have a problem if all you did was put the turbo on. the turbo does not have any affect on the engine starting. have you checked for any wiring you may have knocked off? do you even have electrical (ex. your lights are on)? have you even checked starter, distributor, wires, plugs, battery, harness wiring, ecu wiring, etc,etc,etc (all the obvious stuff)?

[superbluecivicsi]

Originally Posted by 91b16turbohatch

o yea i drove the car around for like a month or two before i put the turbo on.What i mean is why would i not be gettin a spark out of the dizzy

because you need to check the obvious....................cap, rotor, spark plugs, wires.

[91b16turbohatch]

ok i have did the obvious stuff

[91b16turbohatch]

yea but all this cheacin wires is takin a long tim but so far i have put a new dizzy on and that didn't work,put my ecu in another car,car crunk right up,put my main relay in another car,car crunk right up,so that pretty much means its in the wiring.Right?

[civickiller]

check battery power, fuses and grounds.

[superbluecivicsi]

im going to share a story with you.

about 4 years ago after installing my JRSC and JR bandaids, my car ran fine for about 3 months. One day, it just stopped starting up. it would out of the blues start up sometimes, but, not for long. I sat in the garage for about 4 months, during the time, i was trying to figure out what was wrong with it. I swapped out the ecu, dizzy, spark plugs, wires, battery, alternator, starter. i checked every imaginable wiring under the hood to the ecu. from the jr bandaids to the injectors for any breaks or kinks in the hoses to the fuel pump wiring. One day i decided to pull out the ecu and open it up. when i went to unscrew the bolts, i saw a wire that looked kinda loose by the ecu wiring that i already checked and resoldered (i forgot exactly which one). I gave it a good solder and started up the engine. I never had a problem since.

give the wiring a detailed inspection. hope its just the wiring

[94tegRS]

you say it wont crank, nothing to do with the dist.

try charging your battery and then try starting it, if it still doesnt crank then take your starter out and hook it up to the charger and see if you can get it to throw out the pinion and spin, if not then get a new one. if it was a dead battery and it does this again have your alternator tested.

[91b16turbohatch]

cool..I'm just gonna run over the wiring and i'll post and let you know something.