considering swapping motors please help
 

hey honda brothers!! i'm new to this site , but i wanted the 411 on considering swapping my slow D15B8 out for a D16Z6 JDM ,with a SI tranny , this will be my first honda motor swapp can someone please help me , kinda explain to me things i need to keep in mind or watch for ....one thing that concert me is bleeding the clutch and wiringthe motor back up ,, do i have to have a different wiring harness for it? and a differnetECU?.. hope totalk to ya soon thanks

RE: considering swapping motors please help
 

harness will work but youll have to run vtec wires, and youll need a P28 ECU.
im kinda confused as to what motor you are swapping to. there's no such thing as a JDM D16Z6. Theres a USDM D16Z6, and the JDM equivalent is D15B. Also, the D16Z6 comes in the Si for its year, so any D16Z6 tranny is equivalent to an Si tranny. however, the D15B does have an LSD which makes its tranny different from the D16Z6 tranny.

RE: considering swapping motors please help
 

bleeding the clutch is simple

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heres what that dudes add says :JDM D16A- this is the rare JDM version of the D16Z6. It has slightly higher compression than the US version, and the owner before me installed a proformance camshaft.I also have the D series SI transmission that goes with it. I'm asking $600 for it.

you think thats a good buy?? correct me if i'm wrong but i got a D15 in it now , those engine mounts will fit with that motor right?? ... well when i reach that part bout bleeding the clutch look for me post to ask for help haha !! oh and dude i've read some of ur post mannn dude u explain soo so much ur awesome man !!thanks

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oh alright. yea the D16A is the same as the D16Z6. its also referred to as the SOHC ZC. the engine mounts will work. you can use the the P28 ECU with it, since its the same as a D16Z6. bleeding the clutch you basically take some sort of tubing/hose and put it on the clutch bleed bolt. then you loosen the bolt, and have someone pump the clutch pedal. while this is happening, make sure the clutch reservoir stays above the minimum mark. you should only have to pump the clutch once or twice to bleed the clutch if you already have fluid filling the lines. i assume since you are changing the transmission that the line will be emptied. in this case you will fill up the cylinder until the lines full and the master cylinder is full, and then bleed the system as earlier mentioned. you might have to pump the clutch quite a bit and go through a little fluid to get all the air out of the system since it was empty.

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sorry man i'm kinda new to the import world , i'm motor of a 350, type of dude , but i prefer hondas now soo this is helping and thanks :) .. another question tho , the tranny thats on my D15 would work right?? bolt right up with np??? i'm just wondering how much life it has cuz the throttle bearing grinds when i let off the clutch.. were is the throttle bearing anyways??? could i fix it easy with the motor pulled??? what ECU do i have now??

RE: considering swapping motors please help
 

yea it'll bolt up no problem. i'm have no idea about the throttle bearing. you have a P05 ECU

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ok cool sweet!!! .. that saves me abit then ..yea i have no idea either makes a gay grinding sound when i let off clutch ,, it does go away tho when driven abit ,well i should say comes in goes , doesnt see to effect the car now tho drives perfect , even tho its slow as hell with its little 79hp d15 motor lol :D

RE: considering swapping motors please help
 

you mean throwout bearing?