Sickest3g se-i stock rebuild motor/suspension/5speed swap

[Sickest3G]

I don't have an accel coil but I do have an adjustable fuel presure regulator. It does seem to be off timing a bit but the belt was put on with the #1 piston at top flywheel at the T and the dizzy at #1. And the cam gear is at the center/stock. I just finished switching back to stock map sensor again to see if it would change but all it changed was the idle. It almost turns off. So I switched to the b16 sensor again cause it didn't help any. One thing I found that as off is the B16 sensor is running 8v on both + wires not 5 and 0.5 like the book says it should read. Can anyone else shed some light on this subject?

[Rendon LX-i]

also check your TPS. on hondas if your tps is wired wrong or not even reading voltage your ecu will cut out at 4k. very very common.

[Sickest3G]

Is any one on here nowadays using a B16 manifold on the A20 with OBD-I system? If so, let me know which map sensor you're using and how you have the map and tps sensor wired.

[mykwikcoupe]

I am using the Victor x edelbrock b16 intake with a stock map sensor on an edelbrock 65mm throttle body. I had the wires extended from the black box location through the cabin and out the firewall to the manifold. hope it helps

[Sickest3G]

It does help but it doesnt cause im wondering why you would run a wire to the mani from the black box if you're using a stock map sensor. Are you using the b16 map (on the tb) or the a20 one in the box? If it's the a20 map then does it have its own vacuum line or is it shared with a T? If you're using the b16 map then how are the wires hooked up to it? Thanks.

[mykwikcoupe]

I am using the b16 and some come with a remote map sensor others mounted on the tb. All 3 wires go to the black box, use a tb with a remote map sensor and mount it near the stock black box location or extend the wires from the black box location to the tb with map sensor on it

[Sickest3G]

I have the B16 Map wired to the stock plug. Does the stock Map or tps wire plug have to be rewired to match with the B16 map or tps sensor?

[Sickest3G]

I'm having an issue with the mods i did. The engine has no acceleration power after 3k. It spits and sputters like its misfiring when i give it more than 1/4 throttle. The idle is loopy but doesnt die. the tps reads .4 @ idle and 4.8 at w.o.t. when I switch between stock map and b16 map it runs the same no difference. All vacums are hooked up to there proper place. the only ones that are plugged up are the egr, and intake dashpot. All 4 cylinders have 200 psi and the dizzy timing is on point at tdc, with the two vac lines disconected from the dizzy and plugged like the book spesifies, and the adj. cam gear is at its stock position. It accelerates in neutral all the way to 8k but not with more than 1/4 throttle. The only code the ecu is throwing is 12 for the egr but theres no egr anymore. Can you fellas help me find a resolution to this problem. PM me for my number to go into extensive details about it. Thanks for the help.

[Sickest3G]

In the mean time here are some update pics of the exterior and interior.

stock seat


I had to make brakets for the seats to fit like stock.









Finished product

[Sickest3G]

this is the second to last paint job i had so i got it painted again.




These are the new headlights. They were blue halo before now white so the cops dont pull me over.

[gp02a0083]

i always like black on the coupes and hatches.

did a shop spray that? Not to bad mouth the paint, but if a shop did that i would be livid as hell, looks like an orange with all that peel on the bumper and the trunk lid and the bottom of the bumper and pocket around the muffler barely has any color.

id start trying to wet sand that down in a few months when the paint fully cures. I'd be careful, the way the orange peel looks makes me think there "dry" coats so there won't be as much material.

[Sickest3G]

Yeah it's not a great paint job but the last one was free and the rear was redone. The guy that did it, painted it again but didnt do much better than the first time but it is better than the first job. He buffed the trunck and he screwed it up but the spoiler i had on it before is going back on soon. I sure wish you were in tampa cause you sure would have been the one doing my body work. Thats the only thing i let someone else do cause im not a body guy.

[gp02a0083]

well free is free i guess. id probably suggest not having that guy spray the car again lol.

[obdriver6]

Even with that paint job, your car looks really good! IMO you should smoke out the tail lights to match the front ones. It sounds like you may have a fuel problem, have you checked if you have good fuel pressure/fuel flow.

[Sickest3G]

Yeah i checked and it's in range. I changed the injectors back to stock and it runs a bit better and not as rich but it still running like crap. I think Im gonna do the obd1 convo. Is there a dirstrubutor that would be better than another to do this convo? What I've got in the works is an H22 dizzy with external coil, a P06 w/an s100 chip that will be chrome tuned. But i'll have to wait til after the holidays to get the items cause the holidays are killing my pockets. BTW happy holidays to all my fellow 3geez and there loved ones.

[hondalude86]

get rid of that rising rate frp...I would do that next if it turns out its not anything else other than that...Really, you don't need that thing, especially on this car!

[import racer]

Does anyone know if the fpr off a 4th gen fit the a20.

[hondalude86]

I guess I should have said dump the rising rate fpr

[2ndGenGuy]

Your reverse lights look very angry!

[Sickest3G]

They should be cause last night I got sandwiched between two cars and it may end up total loss when the adjuster comes to look at it cause its bad. I'll post pics of the tragedy tomorrow. Im so damn mad...8 years in the making and now this shit. In a few day i was gonna buy the obd1 dizzy,ecu,and conversion harness. Just my luck....

[87roach]

[bullard123]

Just now getting in on this thread ...never seen your car before but must say its very nice!!! Sucks that this happened in the middle of your build. Hope everything works out bro

[Tdurr]

Nooooooooooooo

[Sickest3G]

It is truely a great loss...R.I.P.








BTW the verdict is in and i'll only be receiving $1,200 for the car. After i put bout $9K into it in the last 8 years. But rest assure in that all is not lost. Cause i will be getting another coupe to put all my sweet after market goodies and custom mods onto. So once again....stay tuned for the rebirth lol.

[AccordEpicenter]

hmm you know it does look fixable. Im not really sure how bad the rear 1/4 is tweaked but the front def looks like an easy fix... That sucks though, I liked your black coupe