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Well, my humble Accord has done well over quarter of a million kms and I'm beginning to face the reality that if I intend on keeping my car for a few more years, I'm going to have to rebuild the engine. I did a rough estimate on the costs of new parts for the complete rebuild and maintained a margin for other nasty surprises I might find once I open up the engine and came to a figure of about $3.5K. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this also happens to be the ballpark price of a H22 halfcut :) . So I guess what I was thinking is swapping my current engine for a H22. My question to you guys/girls is whether this is possible or not. I know there are a few of you out there who have done H22A conversions, but I also noticed that its for slightly later model Accords.
If this is a possible conversion, what type and year H22 engine will I be looking at buying? By the way, I'm hoping that my current engine will hold out for about another 6 months, so I'm not planning on starting this project right now. I guess I'm just ivestigating my options.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,
- K
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Basically..
What model accord do you have?? I am guessing a Gen 4... came with an F22b??
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Hey man,
You'll probs want a 4
There are a ****in endless number of sites and for the 4th gen Accords, the h22a is unbelievably easy to swap in.
http://members.aol.com/accorddrv/h22.html
This is a good one too:
http://www.altech.com.pl/wbt/_specy/...Gen%20Swap.htm
I was always told that the 93 h22a is a good swap but when I got a quote for my conversion (which I didn't go ahead with), they were gonna swap a 92 h22a in.
Check those how-tos out man they should answer some questions.
If not, hit the American boards:
boards.hondasociety.com
www.accordinglydone.com/forums
Theres tonnes of accord forums around
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I'm not too sure about what generation it is (either 3 or 4, the front looks a lot more like a toyota corolla then a honda, if that helps), but I'm sure I've got a F22A engine.
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a shoebox like Blade's???
Sorry mate
I should have read it anyway, a 92 is the shoebox shape.
It should slip right on in there, but don't hold it to me.
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yeh you have an F22A, the h22a is reasonably easy but 250,000kms is really nothing on these engines, so unless you are starting to actually have problems it'll last a good few years yet.
If you really just want a h22a, we then go for it ;)
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yeh u've got a 4th gen accord matey :D
H22A or boost like sam :P
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yeah it pretty much goes in with no probs except for an engine mount.
my friend up here has one and its got 130kw at the wheels and pretty much stock.
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so swapping a h22a into an accord is straight forward, only thing u need is to modify the motor mounts? anything else? relocate aircon hoses?
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you change 1 motor mount to a prelude one if i remember right, the other accord ones stay. There isnt that much involved in it
i think www.h22a.org has a comprehensive list of what's needed
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