Ok, here is the deal. A friends sister wrecked her prelude si, i thought it was a 93 but turns out its a 92. He said it had a red VTEC valve cover on it. The vin# shows that the car came with a 2.3L non vtec motor. Since she bought the car used i figure that 1 of these 3 things happend.

1 h22 was swapped into it
2 h23/vtec conversion was done
3 they put a vtec valve cover on the h23( is this possible??)

The car is at a yard in colorado 2000 miles away so i cant go look at it. I am in the process of having the yard guy go look at the engine block code.

so my main questions are how likely are

how likely are any of the above(especially the valve cover compatibility issue)

how much would the full h23 swap be worth motor tranny ecu shift linkage the whole nine?

 

Your guess is as good as anybody else. We cant tell with out seeing the motor.

 

this is true, but someone may know the compatibility of the vtec valve covers on the h23. that could help out.

 

The valve covers are different, I don't believe you can put an h22 vc
on an h23 head.

Ask her what side of the valve cover the oil cap is on.

The h23 has it on the right side, and the h22 has it on the left side.

You could also check the red top/blue top v/c thread in the FAQ's
that Joel (satan_srv) posted.

 

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That is correct

 

i have a problem too guys , i have a h22a in my garage but couldnt find any specs on my engine identification number its written : H22A 1017532 i want to know wich one it is i assume its not the 220ps cause i got black vc pls can you help me

 

Only way which isn't certain is to see what the head stamping is, most standard versions will be stamped P13. Highly unlikely you got a Euro R or SiR S Spec.

 

thx i will check this out tonight when i finish work, i saw last day some stamps on the head looking like a clock one has letters inside this is the year make? and if its stamped p13 on my head i got the base version like 190ps? its because i want to find out wich year and wich specs i should use for my engine .. thx guys!

 

yes i got the p13 stamp on the head i checked yesterday