Its not that hard. I could teach you in no time

Mig (my gas ran out which sucked so i had to use sheilded) Im going to pick up a tig this fall i think. they are the bomb

 

Well i conected the battery tonight. I need to figure out what teh wire harneses i have that arent plugged in do. As son as i conect the battery the horn goes off. the head lights and back up lights work, gauges work, fuel gauge doesnt go up when key is in, temp shows 113. car cranks and fuel pump charges up. Im making progress. Need to sit down with the manual and figure out the wiring.

 

Cool...I started to say ..did the speedo work but you didn't drive ...

Good work pimpin!

 

i need to figure out what the harnes conectors are on the drivers side. ill count the pins tomorrow but they are teh upper and lower dash harness. they arent conected to any thing. there are like 5 of them. Also is the cruise control switch different on the CLs??

 

don't forget to check your fluids!! engine oil and tranny etc. other than that, i am anxious also on you accomplishing your mission!

 

All fresh new honda fluids and M1 oil. now its time to track down some wires (im more of a mechanical guy than electrical)

 

Update?

 

Yeah, well you got me beat... I'm more of a "let visa and mastercard pay someone else to do it, and then I'll pay visa and mastercard back 10 years later!"

 

Nope. just waiting for my electrical manuals to figure out a few wires so i can button up the dash. And i need to make an appt at the dealer to get the ecu reprogramed to the key

 

A few more pics for you guys to help tide you over for awhile
Have fun!
The filter on the home made CAI


The difference with the auto starter and the manual starter. The starter for the auto is is on the left.



The manual type-s gauges in the car.



My engine hoist

 

kooo

 

Kris get that megaton SUV off your nice lawn.....

 

Nah, they are tearing up the yard this summer. they are repaving our road and giving us curb and gutter (and hopefully replacing my cracked driveway) wait till they start, ill be 4x4'ing on it

 

be sure to post pics

 

what kind of filter is that?

 

Kris have you managed to get most of the inside of the car put back together? If so, take some pics! My dumb ass probably missed it, but I'm dying to see a stick shift with a boot on it in a TL.... cant wait!

 

akimoto I believe. I remember I had one of their intakes on my first car(integra gsr) back years ago in like 97.

 

still on winter tires!


..another thing too.. I think you should mow your lawn in the other direction... like.. from the left to the right... not from the street to the house... would look better imo

 

No pics of interior yet, just the dash is put back in. Im holding off until i get teh ECU reprogramed and the little wiring stuff that needs to be changed done

Yep thats the intake. I had it on my old prelude that i raced. been a great filter. still in great shape


Yep still on winters. I need to order new summer tires yet. No need to order brand spankin new F1 GS-D3's and have them just sitting there.

I mow it that way every other mow. and some times i do it at a 45 deg angle also. I like to mix it up!

 

do it...get it reprogrammed and go for spin...after that long, i can't take it no more...do it...oh wait, not even my car

 

appt is scheduled for friday (once i get back in town) then its shake down (not drive) time to work out the bugs.

 

Got my electrical service manuals and i think i have all teh wiring figured out. I need to repin a few harnesses tomorrow and hopefully every thing will be good to go. Fri is the day it goes to get the ECU/Key reprogramed to work together and hopefully all systems will play nice together

 

good info kris. I saw a front clip of a cl on ebay today ...they want $4500(i think - cant remember as it was at like 5am when I was at work) for it

lol

Good luck with the key programming..cant wait to see the start and test drive! Good luck.

 

koo can't wait for some vids when you get it werkin

 

Im still kicking my self in the ASS for not buying the front clip i saw back in late 04 for 3500 with motor,trans, dash shifter ect... (would have saved me 1000)

 

hey kris, gotta a question for you (as if you havent got enough)

youve inspired me to possibly attempt this project...i have the know-how, the facilities, and the stupidity lol.. anyway, i was wondering if you could possibly come up with a detailed list of parts you needed for the tranny conversion, and if it is possible to bolt the manual tranny to the tl-p motor. im not doing the type s swap, too much money, just wanna do the tranny swap. lemme know

niko

 

the tranny will bolt up, but i dont know how your going to get the engine to run right. The engine ecu controls the tranny also and with out the auto tranny hooked up it wont run right. You will have to do some wiring trickery.

When the project is done ill make a list of the parts i bought. (most of whiche were to make it easier for my install)

 

the engine ecu controls the tranny too? i thought there was a separate control module for the tranny. when you visit acura, find out if its possible to reprogram just the tranny software on the ecu, you know what i mean? either way, keep me posted, i might go through with this pending how you make out.

thanks man,
niko

 

Yes 1 ecu, and No they cant reprogram it (from what ive been told and read) people on the accord forum. some have found ways of tricking the ecu but i didnt want to waste my time doing that. the whole engine swap was easier and faster for me(time wise cheaper too) plus with 200k on the motor i wasnt complaining about getting a low mileage motor with more HP

 

whoa whoa wait? u did an engine swap also? what ug et a type s motor?

 

Yes sir!

 

^^^^^yes he did, saw it with my own eyes

 

 

jesus christ....NOW THATS A TRUE SLEEPER

that accord wit the type motor was cool, but damn u stepped it up a notch.

 

No reasont to keep a 200k mile engine in there when i got a 30k mile type-s engine for 800 bucks

 

im glad you stuck in there and kept your car. and that 6 speed swap+type S motor thats killer man.. ah i sometime wish i could have kept my TL as a project car.

 

If you want to do the swap, I would highly suggest getting either the complete type s swap so you can use their ecu or you can run a stand alone ecu which would be an extra 1300-2200, not including the extra time wiring it up, etc. If you did the complete swap it would make things a lot easier(meaning engine, transmission, harnesses, etc like kris did).

 

Agreed. (unless you are a electrical guru) and can get the exact wiring diagrams for the car)

 

Well i conected the battery today again to test out someo more things. I now have all the gauges working. My drivers side window always has power the passenger side window works the way it should, the rears dont work at all (kinda figured that) the power locks work, the keyless entry works, the seats dont (but thats a simple rewire to get power to them) Now i just need to figure out the windows and rewire the stereo and hope that the engine starts tommorow

 

damn u almost dere....nice work dude.