racerguy32v

Hello there,
My father-in-law and his son was working on a 2000 Honda Civic DX They pulled the orginial motor and wanted to swap it out to make it a racer. They wanted to replace it with a Prelude motor. I belive the one that they put in was a 97 year. That went down hill and the motor will start up but will only rev up too 1800 rpms then the motor cuts out. I don't know what has been down since the beginning so I don't know what that could be a symtem of. Hopefully one of you might have a clue for me. He wants to get it running. The next problem is he wants to sell it know. He can't because it has an older moter in a newer car. So he bought a 2002 prelude moter, transmission, and computer. I was also wondering if this new moter would even work in this car. I do know that it is a v-tech motor. I don't know what specific motor he bought. PLEASE if anyone can give me some advice to get this car running like it should that would be great.

nix94delsol

The motors most most likely an H22a4 depending on if the car was a USDM-->(handed out in the US)

look into an h series swap into an EK civic

PM me if you have issues

JonSim

Yea plus, h22a in an EK? Can you say beastly? I was thinking about doing that to my car. I've read so much on it, but I think I'm leaning towards a built Ls-turbo...

matty413

Ya man just try typing in H22 on search and they can give you advice on swapping into an EK which would help you out a lot. The new motor will work in the car and fit just dont know if there are any sub harnesses you need or like anything different with the wiring exactly

matty413

b20 vtec sounds better to me I think honestly..... turbo is nice trust me but something all motor just makes you so much happier in the end