97 civic conversion

[BETEK]

Japanese Domestic Market (JDM) didn't have civics 1400cc
Your car if has VIN code that big with the letter "J" then it is manufactured in Japan.
As all 3 door and 4 door civics 96-00 that has the letter J.
The coupe produced in USA and the 5door civic in England.

[Law_]

If plate is blue - JDM

[marty40]

yup the plate is blue. and has same chassis code the way other jap cars are. like my friends nissan skyline thas the code ecr33 somethin. because its an r33 skyline. n my car begins with something n then has EJ9 in the middle.

this defo is a UK car but seems to have been built with alot of JDM parts. is rather wierd but cool.

[mynameisowen]

I remember talking about this before here:

viewtopic.php?f=24&t=177

Like mentioned before the 3door EJ9's where made in Suzuka so will have used oriental parts, somewhere along the line they decided we needed a smaller engine aswell (why they didnt use the D13 I dont know...) so here we are with our D14's

[Law_]

D13 is only 90hp in Japan, where the better quality of fuel, and less restrict emission regulations, make that possible. here is 75hp on EG3 (Ex model). so D14 all the way x)

[marty40]

haha thats cool. my car is jap!

thnks for the info guys. very interesting to find that out.

no to try n figure out what obd1 conversion requires. lol!

[mynameisowen]

no to try n figure out what obd1 conversion requires. lol!

Its all here, just need a big article to join up all the loose ends