Aspire BP swap

[geezerstiva]

Yeah I've got an account over there. Don't think I've ever posted anything tho.that would be great if you wouldn't mind

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@ geezer, I went over on Cp.com last night and posted in 3 or 4 threads crying about needing a 1 st gen LX harness, and had 2 guys message me around 2pm today. Do you have an account over there? After I get mine ill let you know who to pm, I know one guy probably has a CPU for you too.

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I still need a clutch, eBay only comes up with 6 hits for 93 mazda protege dohc clutch kits, and I dont know if I trust the xtr brand since their stage 2 is rated for more than the stage 3. F1 racing stage 3 is only rated 270+/-....I'm trying to find act clutches, I really need to order this thing before my fiance spends all my money again.

[geezerstiva]

That's what about everybody says lol. Got no bp proteges around here either. Thanks anyway

[Nerd Racing]

Not to thread jack, but do you know of anybody over there selling a bp harness and ecu? I need one if the price is right

I have an ecu, but not a spare harness.

Just sent ya the wiring spreadsheet

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I try to avoid fs sections anymore, I always find something I "need" so I haven't looked lately... In the last month or two.

[geezerstiva]

Not to thread jack, but do you know of anybody over there selling a bp harness and ecu? I need one if the price is right

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matt_jr@rocketmail.com is my e-mail, let me try this first, its my first time, so you know I have to be hard headed and try it. I've cross referenced the ecu pinouts and have notes, its not too different from what I can tell, but the way the wires are ran under the hood is what I'm not sure of yet. The MAF vs VAF and subsequent deletion of it with megasquirt is a big concern, I don't know if wires need spliced to maintain a circuit or what. I'm really just trying to learn about these cars, hopefully I'll understand the how and why of it. At the end of the day tho, I know you know, and I will probably end up doing what you suggest after I fail.

[Nerd Racing]

I got mine on cp.com. I'm having a member from there gut one for me for my carby festiva conversion to MS. pm me your email address and I'll send it to ya.

OR I can modify a harness for you for shipping and the cost of supplies + 1 meal if you find one for sale.

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Most definately.

If it comes down to that I might have to buy a protege harness, I tried to twice from cp.com and the deal fell thru on their end both times. I don't have any proteges in any local yards that I know of to get parts from, if I did, I'd get the whole harness inside and out, ill still end up using the main branch comming from the ecu won't I?

[Nerd Racing]

*cracks knuckles*

I used almost none of the aspire harness when I did my numerous swaps. you would be better off gutting a protege engine harness and starting with that. The large plug controls the engine and the small plug controls starting, charging, external loads...etc. I had a spreadsheet from my swaps. interested in a copy of it?

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The BP used batch fire in USDM models, California b6e models had sequential injection. 94-95 aspires used sequential injection according to the haynes manual page 12-23, and the 95 EVTM PG 23-3. What I need to do is repin the BP wires in the aspire socket so that the ground from the ecu for 1&3 matches with the ground wire for 1 on the aspire harness, 2&4 will go with the ground for 3 in the aspire harness.

Then match up the leads for the VICS, egr, temp sending unit, and the other sending unit I think is for the fan switch?

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Alright, so I think I've reached my first electrical issue. Right now I'm just going to run the stock injectors and everything stock just like I'm plugging into a 93 protege ecu, but I would like to use as much of the aspire harness as I can. It's pretty close to being the same, but stuff needs swapped and spliced.

What I'm looking at is the injector harness, the aspire and BP use different sockets, the plugs for vics and the egr on the far side of the manifold aren't the same, the injector sockets are, but the socket on the tranny side that plugs into the main harness is different.

What I'm thinking is I can unwrap both harnesses, compare, and splice/ repin the BP injector harness at the main harness to use the aspire socket. Then when the time comes to plug in the ecu I can repin the aspire socket for the BP ecu.

? Am I going about this the right way, I haven't done this before, so I really appreciate any advice you guys can give me here.

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Is it bad that I can't wait to break my first tranny? It might take some torque to break mine tho. I wonder when the gearsets shatter/sheer off, or what the next weak link will be?

[eurotiva]

Fast dumb redneck