newbie93lude

im getting a 93 prelude and it orginally had a h22a tht blew up it had a 5 speed trans but dont know wat kind it is. I can get a h23A1 for only 300$ but i wanna know what all i need to do for it to actually work and this is my first prelude and any type of import some im in a lil trouble. any help?

Slatelude

trans should work, you'll need a different ECU, intake and exhaust manifolds if the new motor doens't come with them, and a little bit of patience...I believe you can use the same motor mounts? but I've yet to have to do a motor swap, so I dunno for sure.

Good news is...there are probably plenty of people on here doing the opposite swap so you can probably pick up anything you need for pretty cheap.

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minilogoguy18

Everything bolts right up, wiring and all, you'll just have the 2 extra plugs for the VTEC. Only thing you'll need is the computer, the H23a1 isn't as powerful or high revving as the H22a1 though so this will be a downgrade.

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S-LudeDan

^ whatever he said, except it's not a downgrade, it's just different. It depends what you wanna do. There are some things H23 can do that H22 can't.

Definitely not a downgrade.

minilogoguy18

^You can say that if you want but my car used to have an H23a1 until I swapped it. The difference in the 0.1 extra displacement is not noticeable but the fall off of power at 6k with the h23a1 is.

OP, if you have the money just get another H22, you'll be much happier.

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S-LudeDan

Like I said, there's things that H23 can do that H22 can't.

One of those things is better acceptance of turbo and superchargers.

All depends on what you wanna do. Not a downgrade by any means.

newbie93lude

may seem a lil weird for yall but im only 14 its my first car and still got 2 yrs to work on it i understand its somewhat of a downgrade but i dont have much money for a h22 and I will probably have a turbo on it by the time i can drive the thing is I got to have someone else to the work on it for me Im used to older motors for older cars like hotrods and such but i do plan on having it turboed any suggestions on what turbo could fit it? and the amount of money( both motors r non vtec)

TypeT

-30 hp isnt downgrade

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minilogoguy18

If you're asking those questions then you shouldn't boost it, at least not until you have a good amount of money and knowledge.

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S-LudeDan

It's only a downgrade if the motor is gonna be left the way it is.