. . . And She's IN!! - Honda Prelude Forum

red92s · 12-15-2002, 08:40 PM

Dropped the JDM H22 into her new home tonight. I just got the mounts bolted up and torqued down, didn't screw with reconnecting everything. She slid in pretty easily, me and one friend did it in about one hour (about half the time it took us to wedge his GSR motor into his civic). We had the throttle body off, which made life much easier. Gonna spend tomorrow getting everything reconnected and changing the fluids. Hopefully fire her up tomorrow night or tuesday (a full week from when I started, but I've done everything except drop the motor all by my lonesome).

MR.CLIFFORD · 12-15-2002, 09:19 PM

AWESOME! Good work! Kudos to you!

chanluder · 12-15-2002, 10:30 PM

sweet!

92 SI Ludester · 12-16-2002, 12:55 AM

congrats...did you get anything else to go with the new motor? i/h/e or any other goodies?

j92s · 12-16-2002, 07:40 AM

good luck man

Qveon · 12-16-2002, 12:22 PM

STOP...you're making me want to save up for a new motor...

Fast&furiuslude · 12-16-2002, 02:22 PM

your doing this pretty quick! your gonna love it

irishpilot · 12-16-2002, 03:58 PM

Thats great to hear... your going to be a certified Honda tech by the end of this then

Is it pretty cold in your area?? If so are you working in a heated shop

red92s · 12-16-2002, 04:04 PM

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Originally posted by irishpilot
Thats great to hear... your going to be a certified Honda tech by the end of this then

Is it pretty cold in your area?? If so are you working in a heated shop

I live in metro Atlanta. It's usually about 40 degrees or so during the day, and I work in coveralls and mechanik's gloves, so its not bad. No heated garage, just a concrete slab and a rolling door. It's been in the 60's today and yesterday, so I was out there in shorts and a T-shirt.

I've got pretty much everything reconnected. Need to refill all the fluids and then start triple checking stuff. I got TWO really nice torque wrenches (different torque ranges) for my birthday (sunday), so I'll be going over every nut and bolt. Oh yeah, and I gotta finish that damn internal/external coil conversion also. . .

Si4WS · 12-16-2002, 06:27 PM

Congrats again man! You still going to do that write up?

Porschify · 12-16-2002, 06:28 PM

glad to hear everything has gone smoothly for u, except the whole engine being dropped off at the end of your 100ft driveway thing, haha