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- Thu Jan 21, 2010 2:59 am #169896 What ecu should i use with this setup...will it need to be chipped or tuned...i was going to try to find a matching gsr head for the block i have but the b16 head is available and id like to know before i purchase the head

thanks

- Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:20 am #169905 i'd say get any OBD1 Vtec ECU and get it chipped/tuned for you exact setup

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- Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:38 am #169909 well id say id get it if i where you you got a vtec block and a vtec head it should handle the power.....

obd0 head however youd need just a few things obd1 ecu of coarse obd1 injectors id see about getting a obd1 intake or tb and just would need a obd1 dizzy...and engine harness....

1980 volvo 242
2001 crv
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- Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:25 am #169925

well id say id get it if i where you you got a vtec block and a vtec head it should handle the power.....

obd0 head however youd need just a few things obd1 ecu of coarse obd1 injectors id see about getting a obd1 intake or tb and just would need a obd1 dizzy...and engine harness....

so your saying that i would need to replace the obd0 ecu, injectors, intake mani, throttle body, distributor and engine harness... IF i want to run this specific head (obd0 b16a) with the gsr block i own (b18c1)???

- Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:45 am #169928

well id say id get it if i where you you got a vtec block and a vtec head it should handle the power.....

obd0 head however youd need just a few things obd1 ecu of coarse obd1 injectors id see about getting a obd1 intake or tb and just would need a obd1 dizzy...and engine harness....

so your saying that i would need to replace the obd0 ecu, injectors, intake mani, throttle body, distributor and engine harness... IF i want to run this specific head (obd0 b16a) with the gsr block i own (b18c1)???

well im treating your gsr block as obd0--since the block really only has a few sensors and im almost 99% sure they are universal. mainly id get everything obd1 since your eg is obd1.....and its kinda tough to go backwards like taking a obd0 motor and putting it into a obd1/2 car or theres obd1/0 motors going into a obd2 car.....im not to sure there is a obd1 to obd0 ecu harness adapter so youll need to use a obd1 ecu to run the motor, and since the ecu is obd1 youll need obd1 stuff like injectors, dizzy you probaly can use the stock intake its just i think the obd1 intake you may be better off getting everything you need with off ebay or somethign...you may need however to get a obd1 tb since idk if your eg has the map on the firewall or on the tb...

1980 volvo 242
2001 crv
not using punctuation or good sentence structure since day 1

- Thu Jan 21, 2010 4:58 am #169933

well id say id get it if i where you you got a vtec block and a vtec head it should handle the power.....

obd0 head however youd need just a few things obd1 ecu of coarse obd1 injectors id see about getting a obd1 intake or tb and just would need a obd1 dizzy...and engine harness....

so your saying that i would need to replace the obd0 ecu, injectors, intake mani, throttle body, distributor and engine harness... IF i want to run this specific head (obd0 b16a) with the gsr block i own (b18c1)???

well im treating your gsr block as obd0--since the block really only has a few sensors and im almost 99% sure they are universal. mainly id get everything obd1 since your eg is obd1.....and its kinda tough to go backwards like taking a obd0 motor and putting it into a obd1/2 car or theres obd1/0 motors going into a obd2 car.....im not to sure there is a obd1 to obd0 ecu harness adapter so youll need to use a obd1 ecu to run the motor, and since the ecu is obd1 youll need obd1 stuff like injectors, dizzy you probaly can use the stock intake its just i think the obd1 intake you may be better off getting everything you need with off ebay or somethign...you may need however to get a obd1 tb since idk if your eg has the map on the firewall or on the tb...

B18C1 was introduced in 1994. OBD-I engine. You'd either need to convert the head to OBD-I, or hack up your wiring harness to work with the OBD-0 sensors, distributor, and injectors of the head, and the OBD-I sensors and alternator of the B18C1.

If you don't want to have an ECU chipped and tuned, you ought to find a B18C1 head to replace your B16 head and get yourself a P72 ECU (OBD-I B18C1). First of all, that's the easiest way. Second of all, you don't have to worry about any possible reliability issues that might could possibly come up with a frankenstein setup. I'm not saying that the B18C1 with B16A head will be unreliable, but the full GSR will give you far fewer issues.

As far as converting the head to OBD-I goes, yeah you'll need injectors, distributor, TB, IM, and the sensors in the head itself underneath the distribuor. Too much trouble to put an OBD-0 head in an OBD-I car.

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