which prelude motor
 

i might be picking up this 95 prelude si with a possible bad motor, t-belt install gone wrong, worst case im gona need a new motor, plan turbo it if i keep it, its has a h23, my un-educated guess would tell me this motor would be better to boost, lower compression, more displacment, who needs vtec, or should i spring for a h22

also how much have any of you paid for shipping on a long block from hmotors to the midwest

Re: which prelude motor
 

depends on the price

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Throw an F series in it and boost the crap out of it, cheap and easy ;D

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ya i thought of that, will the h23 trans bolt up to the f22? i think it does

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Pretty sure most of the stuff if not everything is interchangeable between H and F

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Get and f22 a block, put your h23 head on it, then boost the ---- out of it. f series loves boost.

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All H/F series trannies are interchangeable :) (And don't go pullingthat S2000 is an F series bs.)

:y

maybe someday ill actually experience boost in a F series.. ugh

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i think the head migh be the f'd up part of the motor

so is it a direct swap on there? i heard some of the non vtec f-head flow better then the vtec f series heads, and the h23 intake manifold is good on them

Re: which prelude motor
 

the f22ax head flows better than any other f heads, vtec or not.

h23's can take an insane amount of abuse believe it or not.

someone on here, i forget who exactly had over 400whp on a stock block h23.

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ya i always thought of boosting an h23, it seems like a "big" ls motor kinda, lower compression, no vtec, dohc, but i dont ever hear to much of them making alot of power

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because people just dont ---- with h23's really.

they go for that vtak ----.

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for your normal run of the mill hmt build it realy doesnt matter. h22 is gangsta but h23 are floating around junkyards everywhere importers sell them for dirt cheap too 450-650 is street value

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actually, you'll be lucky to find an h23 for that cheap. Importers sell those bitches for over 800, without the tranny. I have tho, come across quite a few deals from regular joe's that dont want the h23 b/c they swapped for the vtakness of the h22.

If you can get your hands on a JDM F22B DOHC, then get it. It's pretty much the same thing, only .1 less liters and like 4tq less.

it has cast iron sleeves, same as any other f22. I have yet to see a sleeve crack on one of these. Hell, some guys forged piston melted(caused by boost spike) at 400whp and the sleeves were still fine.


with some cams and tuning, an h23/f22b dohc will own an h22. I kept up with a bone stock h22 cb7 against my f22b dohc, tuned cb7. :S