I PUT A 92 CIVIC ENGINE IN A 97 CIVIC KNOCKING AND UNSTEADY IDLE IS NO PRESENT?

your miss firing! Its not be the distr! Check to make sure you have the right spark plug cables to the correct plugs. If you just guessed or made a mistake on the wires This will cause the rough idle as well as the mis fireing. Put the wires in correct order and it will be running smooth. Trust me, i did the same thing on my MR2.