Hey all,
My grandma has a 96 Accord LX that I am considering buying from her for $300. The only thing is it would need a new engine due to a broken timing belt on the current one. I was just wondering what kind of money it would take to get it back on the road again. I would just use the car as a daily driver, so I don't want to put an H22 in it right now. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

 

How do you know the engine is damaged?

 

I have not actually seen/heard the engine since the timing belt broke, but she took it to the local Honda dealership and they told her she needed a new engine due to "alot of bent parts" is what they told her. But I don't know for sure about the state of the engine. I just figured that it would be much cheaper and easier to replace the engine, rather then tear apart a 12 year old engine with over 180k.

 

Ohhh ok. I understand. You could just buy a F22 from a junkyard and swap it in there. Look in the marketplace (in your region) and buy one from someone who's swapping for a more powerful motor. It would be your cheapest route. You could also go for the 200HP H22 from a prelude but that will cost 1000-2000 dollars for the motor, ecu, and tranny if you manage to get a good deal. If you want it more for A-B/Economy I would just get another F22 motor from another similar year accord.

If the body is in good condition and looks like it was owned by a grandma I would definately buy it. For 300 it would be a steal. I wish I had more grandmas with hondas where I live.

 

get the f22 with vtec

 

VTEC!!!!!!! JUST KICKED IN YO!
Just do the f22b if it is for nothing more than driving back and forth.

 

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It's an interference motor, so she probably did bend some valves Personally I would take it elsewhere to get it checked to make sure Honda just isn't trying to make $$. It's possible the motor is fine and just broke the belt - really depends on the speed she had it break at.

I sold my motor and tranny for like $300 with a hair under 200k miles on them. But they were running in tip top shape. So you're keeping the tranny - I'm sure you could pick up a lower mileage block for 300-400 and drop it in.

 

If you are looking for daily driver out of the car, all you need is to replace cylinder head in order to put the car on the road. That is my guess.