Hope these "local races" are at a track and not on the street. Theres no glory in street racing. They all lie and say they "smoked this" and "out ran that" at the end of the night
anyways, No it will not work you would have to swap to the full B18 harness I believe. Be paitent and get that B17 taken care of. Your car is rare and you should preserve that not many B17's around these days. hope that helpsThe biggest issue is im pretty sure the b18a1 is obd 0 and the B17 is obd 1. You would have to covert the harness which from what it sounds wouldent be worth since its a temp. you would be going backwards pretty much lol. If its a obd 1 B18a1 you could do it minus vtec. as long as you have all the obd 1 sensors and what not. most should plug in but as with any swap its never that easy.
Figured it wouldent be that easy lol. It never is with swapsnot necessarily the b18a1 could be obd1 as well mine was...but the harness wont work ...i ran into the same problem just back wards i got a gsr shell but the under dash harness is different because it only has 2 plugs by the booster
and the b18a1 under dash harness has 3
.. i swapped my complete underdash harness for a gs one. i believe its because the b17 motor was different but like he said be patient you have a very very rare car and motor in your hands patience
Check the oil pump first. But, I agree with a wet sump pan there's a good chance your starving the pick up. Higher volume oil pump won't help much. There more for modified engines with large oil clearences. I had this problem with a wet sump system on a time attack cars. We extended the pickup al the way to the bottom of the pan and added baffles. It worked out just fine. The other option is to run a dry sump but, it will be very expensive. You will need a dry sump pump, custom oil pan, valve cover modification, steel braided hoses, and AN Fittings. Again its very expensive route.