Lets get down and dirty with a 2ZZ., Experts only please. Options

[Guest_Jason_*]

A friend and I are looking into taking on a nice project, obviously, attempting to swap a 2ZZ(GTS) into my current 7A(ST). This good friend of mine did the swap on my previous Integra, has alot of knowledge on welding and fabricating etc, but not neccessarily in wiring (which can be dealth with at a later time). We just "out of the blue" started thinking about doing such a swap as a fun project to attempt. We just want to look into some of the difficulties we may run in to before we actually run into the situation with no way out. Basically, trying to plan out all of our problems ahead of time, so that when we reach them, we have a planned method of working around them.

What i'm asking is, if anybody can give me some possible difficulties we may run into and some helpful solutions to getting around them or making them work, please help. Our most obvious is Engine Mounts, but we aren't worried about that at all really, its pretty easy to weld new mounts on. The good thing on this is that all work is going to be done by him, making installation free unless we run into some severe difficulties. Through me some ideas guy...

We are currently trying to get our hands on a low-mileage 2ZZ.

I'm going to go ahead and come out on a limb and say right off the bat we are looking into custom axle's (unless a GT would work), relocated engine mounts, and transmission.

[SpedToe169]

As most of you said, wiring is the hardest thing. Axles are a non-issue. Its not hard to get custom axles made (www.raxles.com). Just use the 6-speed that comes with the motor and you won't need any adaptors, so no prob there. Motor mounts you'll have to totally pull out of your a55, but if your friend is as good as he thinks he is it wont' be a problem. Fabrication of that sort really isn't that bad.

I do think the gages will be a problem. I'd be surprised if you can get the speedo to work correctly. Might just be easier to go with aftermarket gages. Also getting the hvac stuff working will be tricky. Might be easier just to take the hvac panel out of a 7gc and figure out how to make it work in the 6.

The more I think of it, wiring really shouldn't be that bad. You'll be using a US harness so everything is in the right place. All the sensors should still be in place on the motor and tranny, and you'll have the ecu. There shouldn't be much splicing of wires at all.

My overall take: This swap is easier than everybody thinks. The hardest part of the whole thing is not making the car run and drive, but making all the auxillary systems work correctly.