jbarr89

I have recently acquired a wrecked 94 Civic EX with a good engine, and the engine in my 96 Civic CX has a blown HG; my idea was to swap the good EX engine with VTEC into my hatch. Does anyone see any issues with this? I assume I would need the computer from the 94, but is all the VTEC wiring there in my 96 just taped up? Or would it be a complete harness swap? I'm sure this is not a common swap, but I'm just looking to drive it for a bit until I decide if I want to do a K swap later or something else..... Thank you in advance!

Colin42

Probably best to swap the harness, especially since you have both complete cars

jbarr89

finally got around to doing the swap. I have fuel, I can hear the pump prime and visually see the fuel pressure gauge I installed on the filter, injectors can be heard firing and felt by touching them when cranking. I have spark, it cranks but doesn't fire. I never removed the distributor off of the head so it shouldn't be out of time, all of the marks were lined up when I installed the new timing belt. Anything anyone can recommend to check?

mac25

I had a hard starting issue after replacing a head gasket

could try

-Removing spark plugs
-making sure the cylinders arn't flooded
-replace plugs
-hold gas pedal to the floor for maximum throttle position
-try to start

once mine fired up it was fine

jbarr89

swapped plugs, got nothing, put original injectors in (had ls injectors in) cranked up, a/f is off the gauge, will idle but surges when you give it any gas