The Definitive "VVT swap into 90-97 chassis" Megathread.
#542
cut the factory plug off and extend the +12v and ground wires to each of the NB sensors.
12v (extend 90-97 wire to both 99-05 sensors):
90-97: White/Red
Cam (extend to Cam sensor only):
90-97: yellow/blue
Crank (extend to Crank sensor only)
90-97: white
Ground (extend to both 99-05 sensors)
90-97: black/light green from CAS plug to
From cas plug to CAM and CRANK 12v+/Ground/ ONE SIGNAL
and all of the other changes necessary will happen in the firmware/software of your ECU.
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Just got my dyno sheet back from my tuner. Car is a 91 w/ stock 1.8L VVT. 93 Octane, RB headers, ebay catback, Skunk2 IM, MS3X. Power number seems spot on, torque is a bit low but at least it's stable. Run 1 is the baseline map with a few adjustments by me. It's worth noting this is on a Mustang dyno.
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Oh you're preaching to the choir. I'm sure it had something to do with it. But, looking back at the numbers (being a mustang dyno) it seems quite comparable to the other VVT dynos in torque when you factor in an 8-12% correction factor.
Being a VVT swap, the Skunk 2 IM is a much better choice being as it relieves any clearance issues between the fuel rail and flipped regulator setup that you have to run. That being said I will gladly accept square top donations
Being a VVT swap, the Skunk 2 IM is a much better choice being as it relieves any clearance issues between the fuel rail and flipped regulator setup that you have to run. That being said I will gladly accept square top donations
#546
I had mine tuned by Kris at KO Racing last weekend.
2002 VVT with ~124k miles, RB header, Enthuza catback, Fujitsubo exhuast, NB1 VICS intake manifold, 3d printed intake. Tuned on MS3 pnpPro.
dyno plot: https://i.imgur.com/Kv6TQa1.png
Before I bought the motor one cylinder had ~30psi lower compression than the others. Haven't re-checked (and more or less don't care) so I'm real happy with the numbers.
2002 VVT with ~124k miles, RB header, Enthuza catback, Fujitsubo exhuast, NB1 VICS intake manifold, 3d printed intake. Tuned on MS3 pnpPro.
dyno plot: https://i.imgur.com/Kv6TQa1.png
Before I bought the motor one cylinder had ~30psi lower compression than the others. Haven't re-checked (and more or less don't care) so I'm real happy with the numbers.
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I had mine tuned by Kris at KO Racing last weekend.
2002 VVT with ~124k miles, RB header, Enthuza catback, Fujitsubo exhuast, NB1 VICS intake manifold, 3d printed intake. Tuned on MS3 pnpPro.
Before I bought the motor one cylinder had ~30psi lower compression than the others. Haven't re-checked (and more or less don't care) so I'm real happy with the numbers.
2002 VVT with ~124k miles, RB header, Enthuza catback, Fujitsubo exhuast, NB1 VICS intake manifold, 3d printed intake. Tuned on MS3 pnpPro.
Before I bought the motor one cylinder had ~30psi lower compression than the others. Haven't re-checked (and more or less don't care) so I'm real happy with the numbers.
#549
So I searched through this thread and didn't find anything definitive, or I might have missed it. So here's a question.
I picked up a VVT engine to put into my '94, and it came with the entire engine harness. For a race car application, if I had a plug and play ECU for the VVT harness, would swapping harnesses be the easy button? Or would it cause other issues or need adaptation at all?
Again it's a race car application and won't have a stock gauge cluster so if none of that works, doesn't make a difference to me.
I picked up a VVT engine to put into my '94, and it came with the entire engine harness. For a race car application, if I had a plug and play ECU for the VVT harness, would swapping harnesses be the easy button? Or would it cause other issues or need adaptation at all?
Again it's a race car application and won't have a stock gauge cluster so if none of that works, doesn't make a difference to me.
#550
It's going to be way more work to pull the stock harness and install the VVT harness than to adapt the stock harness to run the VVT.
When I did mine, I used a non-PnP MS3, and just adapted the stock VVT engine harness to the MS3 with connectors at the firewall, and connected the few wires needed for the gauges into the stock harness.
When I did mine, I used a non-PnP MS3, and just adapted the stock VVT engine harness to the MS3 with connectors at the firewall, and connected the few wires needed for the gauges into the stock harness.
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So I searched through this thread and didn't find anything definitive, or I might have missed it. So here's a question.
I picked up a VVT engine to put into my '94, and it came with the entire engine harness. For a race car application, if I had a plug and play ECU for the VVT harness, would swapping harnesses be the easy button? Or would it cause other issues or need adaptation at all?
Again it's a race car application and won't have a stock gauge cluster so if none of that works, doesn't make a difference to me.
I picked up a VVT engine to put into my '94, and it came with the entire engine harness. For a race car application, if I had a plug and play ECU for the VVT harness, would swapping harnesses be the easy button? Or would it cause other issues or need adaptation at all?
Again it's a race car application and won't have a stock gauge cluster so if none of that works, doesn't make a difference to me.
My current customer project is a customer who I built a motor for last year. He decided to have another shop assemble his car, including the VVT swap (motor is a 02, car is a '97). The shop doing the swap attempted to swap the complete harness, including chassis harness, from their donor '02 into his '97. When they couldn't figure out how to get it running, the customer asked if I would be willing to take over the project and get it figured out.
If you got this far into this thread, and you are still considering a full harness swap, I have one word of advice for you: Don't.
If you got this far into this thread, and you are still considering a full harness swap, I have one word of advice for you: Don't.
The stock ECU is plugged in, but since they only swapped half the NB fuel system in (front half), it never would have worked anyway. I'll be using an MS3 Basic for an 01-05 harness. It's not even the harness swap that makes it difficult. The NB fusebox is taller and requires a custom bracket. Still not sure how I'll mount all the relays that sit behind the NB fusebox. The headlights will never work again in this car since the motor relays left with the NA harness. No NB dash harness, so no wipers, turn signals, headlights, or HVAC. Thankfully the brake light switch connector appears to be the same. The entire fuel system is different, as I mentioned. Fan wiring is wrong, thankfully the SPM rad in this car can accept NB fans (shop lost his fans, so we'll replace). Keep in mind that this was sourced from a complete donor, so I have every relay/box that came with the '02, If you are buying a bare '02 harness and expecting to make it work in your NA, forget about it.
I wouldn't even try to estimate the number of hours of work it would take to make this work in a street car. I almost ripped the harness out and bought a new 94-95 harness to start over with (easier to get an ECU for), but the '02 harness was already in place and mostly plugged in, so it was faster to fab up custom brackets for a few things vs. re-strip the car and start over. It will still cost him a couple of thousand dollars in diagnostic and corrective work to get it running.
I wouldn't even try to estimate the number of hours of work it would take to make this work in a street car. I almost ripped the harness out and bought a new 94-95 harness to start over with (easier to get an ECU for), but the '02 harness was already in place and mostly plugged in, so it was faster to fab up custom brackets for a few things vs. re-strip the car and start over. It will still cost him a couple of thousand dollars in diagnostic and corrective work to get it running.
#553
Tps issue
I'd like to start by saying thanks for all the info in this thread without it I wouldn't be this far.
I have a vvt swapped into a 93 per this thread with a used mslabs ms3. it is basically complete using the nb tps and throttle. I am havin a weird issue with my tps. At initial throttle input it will show negative throttle postion. Sometimes like 30% in tunerstudio. This is approximately .25" or less of pedal travel. It also does not settle back to the same zero consistently.
I thought it was the sensor so I bought a new one from autozone and the problem persists. I double checked the wiring looks correct.
Any one have this issue before?
Am I missing a ground or something?
what should I diagnose next?
any help is appreciated.
if it matters
lc2 wideband
swapped in abs at same time
car does start, but throttle signal makes it hard to drive
I have a vvt swapped into a 93 per this thread with a used mslabs ms3. it is basically complete using the nb tps and throttle. I am havin a weird issue with my tps. At initial throttle input it will show negative throttle postion. Sometimes like 30% in tunerstudio. This is approximately .25" or less of pedal travel. It also does not settle back to the same zero consistently.
I thought it was the sensor so I bought a new one from autozone and the problem persists. I double checked the wiring looks correct.
Any one have this issue before?
Am I missing a ground or something?
what should I diagnose next?
any help is appreciated.
if it matters
lc2 wideband
swapped in abs at same time
car does start, but throttle signal makes it hard to drive
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So thinking about upgrading to Toyota COP's from a local that had a 1.6L kit made. Plug in play since he bought an additional igniter.
Can anyone confirm if Toyota/Denso COP's will physically fit in the VVT motor without a bracket? Is a bracket even needed?
Can anyone confirm if Toyota/Denso COP's will physically fit in the VVT motor without a bracket? Is a bracket even needed?