Trying to get this car to run by Friday..

[Rabichulo]

Hi all, I just "bought" a 90 civic si with some mods and was looking for some advice on the mods. as i said the body is a 90, however the block is from a 95 1.5l (8 valve) and the head is from a 96 1.6l (16 valve). I don't know if this is a common thing to do. but I was wondering what i would need to know about it to have my car run well. I do have the original 8 valve head to the block. the main problem is that right now the car sounds like it is out of time and after a few moments, the engine light comes on and retards the timing. any advice you all have would be greatly apreciated. Oh, also, I am something of a mechanic so don't worry about being technical, I just have experience with 4x4's. this is my first honda and I wasn't sure if i needed to know anything specific. Could it just need a smaller belt??? Thanx for any help.

[thermal]

It seems that you have a "mini-me" swap. Is it a VTEC head? Your timing might be off. What kind of sound is it? Is it a some sort of ticking noise?

[Rabichulo]

I don't think that it is vtech, at least he didn't say that it was, nor is there anything proclaiming it to be vtech. after you reset the computer, it will run with a rather annoying tick for a few minutes, then the check engine light comes on and the timing retards

[pdiggitydogg]

...its vtec...no H

is there a vtec solenoid? (it looks like a metal thimble w/ wires coming out of it and would be located to the left and behind the distributor)

what is the cel that youre throwing? what code?