i'm in the process of purchasing a h22 motor for my 97 civic dx 4door. i wanted to know which is better for going all motor. Is the open deck or closed deck motor. i keep hearing mixed resutls from people. any help is appreciated. thankx

 

all of the above.

 

ok so basically it doesn't matter? well i do know the SH tranny is $hitty. i'd go with a obd1 tranny. my friend personally has had both obd1 and obd2 tranny's and he said you can feel the difference. whether that is just him or a fact i'll have to find out...

 

If you get a H22a4 SH, and have a Different tranny put on, You will need to fabricate a steel plate to mount the Mid shaft to the block because of the bolt pattern, if you didn't know that allready. I used a m2a4 tranny, with a 93 acord midshaft. It worked great while my engine was running.

 

thanks for the headsup. does you tranny pull harder than the stock H22?

 

I couldn't really tell ya. It came with the swap I bought.

 

your question was about the motor not the tranny. An H22 or A4 would work with the 5 speed tranny of any H22.