What happened to your original engine?

 

It started with a timing belt failure. When the engine was opened, there was also some wear in the cylinder block, and aluminum blocks apparently can't be repaired. So the shop recommends an engine swap as the cheapest and fastest solution.

 

For 2006-2008, as you note, 2wd had VCM, 4wd did not. There will be control and mechanical differences in the valve area.

 

How many miles does your pilot has? I wonder what could have cause this or prevent it from hapenning?

 

I don't really know how many miles it has. I bought it cheap and crashed in an auction site with 27,XXX "non original" miles and a previous repair from a "serious accident". Currently the odometer currently reads 55,000, but again, these are "non original" miles. The mechanic that it working on it is 100% sure that the amount of wear on the engine is the result of a very high mileage, a lot more than 55,000.

The car ran perfectly until about a couple of months ago. First I got a CEL with catalytic converter codes (P0420 and P0430) and about a month later the timing belt failed.

 

I know this is an old post, but I'm in the same predicament. I have a 2007 pilot 4wd with a bad engine, and I found a j39z1 to put in it.
Did you get that to work and did you have any complications?

 

I know this is an old post, but I'm in the same predicament. I have a 2007 pilot 4wd with a bad engine, and I found a j39z1 to put in it.
Did you get that to work and did you have any complications?

For a trouble free engine swap, it's best to find an exact match. As mentioned in post #4, there are significant differences between the two. Putting an engine with VCM in a vehicle that never had this function I doubt will work. Nor will the wiring harness match the engine.

 

This is true, but I already have the j35z1, so what's it going to take to make the swap possible, if at all?

 

Did you get the wiring harness with it along with the transmission and the PCM? The J39z1 is a front wheel drive engine. The J35Z4 was the J motor for AWD.

 

I almost don't want to thumbs up your comment even though these are great questions to ask. There are just to many differences to overcome. I question whether the transmission will even bolt up to it or not.