I have a 92-95 JDM H22A engine in my 91 Accord LX Sedan 5speed, with stock F22A manual trans. Anyway, the swap is complete except for the VTEC wiring, secondary intake thing, and knock sensor wiring. Also my O2 sensor isn't hooked up (waiting for new downpipe). So, its just the upper half of the exhaust manifold on it. I still need to work on the vacuum hoses and MAP sensor stuff, they are hooked up but I don't know if they are right. And finally, the big one - still using the PT3 (I believe its PT3, the 91 LX 5-speed ECU) ecu, P13 won't be here until tomorrow. Accessory belts aren't installed either. But, it should still start, right? BTW, after cranking it doesn't throw any codes, suprisingly.
I am just trying to get to a point where I can see if the motor is good, Im not trying to half-ass
I only have like a week left for the 30 day start up warranty. I am getting gas, you can smell it through the exhaust. Compression felt good when I spun it by hand, but didn't check it with a gauge, yet. I did the timing belt/water pump on it, and marks are lined up straight.
One thing I am confused about is the "black box" and map sensor. On the accord, its inside the black box, with a hose coming out (this is from looking at the accord shop manual, I haven't opened the box yet). On the H22A, there is one on the throttle body. Which one should I use? Can I unplug the accord one and plug it into the prelude TB one? Is this why it won't start? Is the MAP required to start the car?
Spark, its there but weak I believe. To test for spark, I had somebody crank while I placed the number 1 (furthest from dist.) plug wire close to ground (I used the bolt for the water neck that the upper rad. hose connects to). It was a very faint spark, almost hard to see. On every other car I've done that to, it sparks much brighter then this. My car came internal coil, and the H22A I bought was internal coil as well, so I just used the "new" dist. and plugged it right into the accord engine harness. Im still using the old plugs, wires, cap, rotor off of the swap, all those parts are coming tomorrow as well. But cap and wires don't look that bad?
My plans (for tomorrow or Friday, if its not too cold
):
-Fix MAP issue
-Hook up P13 ECU to car (still don't want to add the additional wiring yet until I know the motor is good)
-Change plugs (NGK V-power ZFR6F-11), wires (NEUSPEED), cap (honda OEM), rotor (honda OEM) on existing H22A distributor.
-If spark still looks weak/won't start, swap the old, but known-to-be-working F22A1 internal coil distributor
-Still no start? Not sure what else to do yet...
I am just trying to get to a point where I can see if the motor is good, Im not trying to half-ass
I only have like a week left for the 30 day start up warranty. I am getting gas, you can smell it through the exhaust. Compression felt good when I spun it by hand, but didn't check it with a gauge, yet. I did the timing belt/water pump on it, and marks are lined up straight. One thing I am confused about is the "black box" and map sensor. On the accord, its inside the black box, with a hose coming out (this is from looking at the accord shop manual, I haven't opened the box yet). On the H22A, there is one on the throttle body. Which one should I use? Can I unplug the accord one and plug it into the prelude TB one? Is this why it won't start? Is the MAP required to start the car?
Spark, its there but weak I believe. To test for spark, I had somebody crank while I placed the number 1 (furthest from dist.) plug wire close to ground (I used the bolt for the water neck that the upper rad. hose connects to). It was a very faint spark, almost hard to see. On every other car I've done that to, it sparks much brighter then this. My car came internal coil, and the H22A I bought was internal coil as well, so I just used the "new" dist. and plugged it right into the accord engine harness. Im still using the old plugs, wires, cap, rotor off of the swap, all those parts are coming tomorrow as well. But cap and wires don't look that bad?
My plans (for tomorrow or Friday, if its not too cold
):-Fix MAP issue
-Hook up P13 ECU to car (still don't want to add the additional wiring yet until I know the motor is good)
-Change plugs (NGK V-power ZFR6F-11), wires (NEUSPEED), cap (honda OEM), rotor (honda OEM) on existing H22A distributor.
-If spark still looks weak/won't start, swap the old, but known-to-be-working F22A1 internal coil distributor
-Still no start? Not sure what else to do yet...
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