DX Chassis VX Motor Swap Questions - Fuelly Forums

Click here to see important news regarding the aCar App

Go Back   Fuelly Forums > Tech, Troubleshooting and Repair > General Maintenance and Repair
Today's Posts Search Click Here to Login
 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 03-20-2013, 11:38 PM   #1
Registered Member
 
benfrogg's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 451
DX Chassis VX Motor Swap Questions

Hey all-
Been away for a while, in need of advice again.

Got a full VX parts car, totally rotted out in the rear suspension area. Lost cause on the body....
Scarfed the engine, trans, ecu, exhaust, etc. Still have the parts car with VX harness.

Picked up a DX with a bad motor. Pulled the motor, no problems.

Questions:
The engine harness will go with the motor, so no problems there. The passenger mass disconnect is missing pins on the ECU side. 5 wires total are missing from the large main disconnect. Presumably these are map sensor, vtec E, and the 5th wire from the 02.
What I want to do is unplug the rest of the harness leading through the firewall to where it meets the ECU. Then, where the rest of the harness takes off towards the drivers side, cut all wires and reconnect them to the DX chassis. As long as they are all the same color, I should be golden, but I don't know if that's true yet. One difference that is obvious is that the VX has EGR and the DX did not. Therefore, there are two wires leading to the drivers side firewall harness that are not present on the DX. Presumably I'd find two wires missing from the harness in the VX interior headed for the drivers side. If so, the job is cake. If not, the job is more complicated.

Thoughts? Anyone have a wiring schematic to build a conversion harness? I have a basic wiring diagram of "typical civic" wiring... including VX, but not specific to the DX.

All other problems seem to have been worked out such as motor mounts, exhaust, etc.
Anyone know why the DX was heavier than the VX? I swapped the motor mount that is alloy for the cast iron one. That's gotta be a 10# difference right there!
I have this VX sitting here and I could scarf any light parts needed for the swap.

Thanks all!
B
benfrogg is offline   Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
$100 Civic VX 5 wire O2 / LAF sensor. will it work? GasSavers_ian General Maintenance and Repair 3 12-22-2012 07:24 PM
Buying a car in the spring, ideas? occupant General Fuel Topics 8 10-16-2012 05:15 PM

» Fuelly iOS Apps
No Threads to Display.
» Fuelly Android Apps
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:06 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.