b16a1 swap into 1981 civic wagon

[loudmike]

Yeah I know what your thinking.. what the f**k right? But recently I've acquired a 1981 Civic Wagon that weighs approximately 1300 lbs. I was thinking of putting a 160hp B16a1 (because I like OBD 1) and I want to see if you got any pointers..

 

[Handlebars]

good luck. i hope you're very good at making wiring harnesses from scratch and fabrication, because you'll be doing a ton of both.

 

[FRODO]

wiring will be crazy and the fuel systems are totally different.

 

[slammedSI]

thats funny that you made this thred bcuz a customer come in my shop yesterday that had a 81 wagon, but get this it was a LS/b16 head, custom turbo kit, but what made me scratch my head was it was all wheel drive, dont ask how cuz i dont know. but it was fast. he took me around the block and i have never felt a honda jump out of the hole like that. we put it on the dyno for free (i wanted to know what it made) at 14psi it made 348whp. we tryed another run 20 psi but he broke on the dyno. simple fix he said he will be back this monday for another run.