stage2h22

I read the faq on how to exchange them out, but heres my question, instead of changing the wiring to have an external coil, can i just buy a complete usdm h22 distributor and bolt it on my jdm h22 without modification?

dublued

jdm's have internal coil, usdm have external.

i used my external coil distributor from h23 on my h22

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-Omair
2004 Mazda 3 Hatchback

L-U-R-C-H

yeah, use the USDM External Coil. It's much easier than rewiring everything.

red92s

you only really need to change the wiring if your car is an S model. If you are swapping into an Si, you can re-use the H23 distributor without modification.

The bolt patterns on F22 distributors are different than the H22/H23 bolt pattern, so S model owners cannot simply change over their distributor like Si owners.

To answer your question: If for some odd reason you were doing a JDM H22 swap and didn't still have the H23 distributor (broken, sold with engine,. . .whatever reason) then YES, you could simply buy a USDM h22 distributor (or an H23 one, since they are the same).

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7/20/2000 - 4/09/2007

Replaced with: "Zoom-Room"; 2003 Mazda Protege5

stage2h22

just making sure that i can do it, because the wording was kind of confusing in my first post......

I have a jdm h22a motor with an internal coil, I need to know if i can just buy a usdm h22a1 distributor, and it just bolt up without any modifications. (this way i can have an external coil connection for my ignition system)