Hey... I'm about to drop a prelude motor in a '97 civic cx and boost it..... and I have o decide which one.

I found an amazing deal on a h23 full swap... $1200. I was going to do an h22, but for this deal.... would it be worth it to boost the h23 instead? I know the tranny has taller gears... I can't decide, but I have to know by tomorrow if I want it. 160 vs 190 horses, and there seems to be a little less turque on tha motor.... but It'll be turebo right off hte bat (dragIII kit)

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

thanks

 

Good luck putting an h motor in a civic.

 

I currently have a b18c /w a dragIII all self installed into my '93 civic hatch...

moving to a 97 cx...


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if money is an more of an option than power, go with the h23.. that is a really good deal

 

If you don't want to run into the hassles of wiring up the VTEC, and tuning around the VTEC x-over, then go for a straight H23. You'll get more displacement and a strong block (closed deck). Of course you'll need to resleeve the H23 if you want to drop in forged pistons, but that's with all of the H series blocks.

It's a strong block, don't get me wrong. The only disadvantage would be that there isn't a strong aftermarket support for the 2.3. But then again, you really don't need much to make it produce big numbers. :D

 

get the h23 i ran 15-17psi on a stock h23 and i ran 10-12psi every day but now and building it and plan on running 18-20psi daily and up to about 24psi at the track on race gas with 9:8.1 comp