harwood39 wrote:
I have the technical know how to do the swap. I would do it out at my friends shop. I have a 96 taurus wagon that i would drive during the swap work. I have rebuilt a couple motors and redone wiring in a couple cars (1978 Jeep CJ7, 1964 Chevy Pickup hotrod). they may have been older cars but it still gives me the know how to pull a motor and drop one in.

The vehicles you mentioned above have (conservative estimate) about 100 wires in the whole car. If I were you I would plan on driving that taurus wagon for a while....and familiarize yourself with the metric section of scheels hardware.

Good Luck, I hope its done before Staigers.

Oh ya. Ive been into an imports wiring. I had to do some wiring on my 87 300ZX. if you think hondas are a pain, just get under the hood of a 300.

However if you toss VTEC into the mix, and any ecu that requires knock, then you're going to have a healthy chunk of wires to run, unless your car is an EX already.

think you know wiring...get into an import engine(esp honda) and wiring is a whole other story...esp when an engine wasnt made for that car/year...having the technical know how and actually doing it are 2 way different things...just keep that in mind...if you do it great more power to ya...but do your research before you actually tackle it...im not saying you cant do it...and keep in mind the physical swap is generally the easiest part

harwood39 wrote:
go to totaljdm.com they sell everything with it. Tranny, wiring, ECU, etc, etc, etc...

Its 875 for the swap, than 150 for shipping

HERE IS A DIRECT QUOTE FROM TOTALJDM.COM:

"Title: Longblock Only!

Tip/Fact: We get alot of people asking us what is included. Well, this is a longblock, so no transmission, ECU, wiring or axles. All the components such as the distributor, alternator, plug wires, starter, etc... are present."

So there you have it... there's no way your going to be doing a swap for $1025... If your spending that much anyway, why not consider the B16 that is already for sale in fargo that includes it all, plus mods, those mods + engine are worth ALOT more then whatever junk this company is selling.

1. Are you 100% sure you have the technical knowhow to complete an engine swap. Are you REALLY sure... Hmmmmm

2. Realistically, do you have the money to do a swap right? $1025? Hmm... Engine swaps would be going on like mad if everybody could do it for that.

3. There's a good website for all of your questions: http://www.honda-tech.com SEARCHING it before asking questions is always helpfull... 99.8% of the time the questions have been asked / answered.

4. As you previously said, your car is totally stock besides a cd player, speakers and some removed exhaust resonators, perhaps it would be wise to start somewhere a little bit less drastic then an engine swap so your first project. A) Where would you work on the car? B) What are you going to be driving in the mean time? C) How much power are you actually going to gain?

In the past week, you've made several threads asking what you should to your honda, you've inquired about engine swaps, you've talked to many people about the same stuff more then once...

If your asking these questions, I dont think you should be attempting an engine swap, but don't get me wrong, I could be way off:

"haha, no thanks on selling it, i just got it on monday. should i do exhaust before turbo? when should i do a short shifter? Im new to the honda world so i need to hang out with some honda guys."

"Where can i get this intake temperature "chip" that wannabe is talking about?"

From reading your posts, I can infer that you don't really know what route to take yet with your car. Don't worry! It doesnt always come right away, you spoke about doing visual mods, then turbo, then swap... Just save up the money and do what you want!

can i look at that $400 integra with the b18c?

Its 875 for the swap, than 150 for shipping

harwood39 wrote:
I can get a JDM b18b2 OBD1 swap from total jdm for around $900. I will end up installing it my self. the b18b2 from them is vtech.

NO

it is neither a phone (vtech) nor a vtec motor if it it a b18b, and for 900 you would be getting just the motor... no axles, no ecu, no tranny, etc, etc, etc....

reputable companies that sell the COMPLETE swap go for closer to 2,000