What is your honest opinion on this type of swap, this is the way i am leaning to put in my 91 accord LX. Just curious, I like to see the Pros and the Cons of this swap and if anyone has done this. Thanks

 

Yes people have done this... H23 doesn't have the shortest gears in the world and I'm pretty sure the f22 has even longer gears...

 

4th Gen Prelude(92-96)
F22:............ Si (H23a).......... VTEC (H22a)

1. 3.307.......... 1. 3.307.......... 1. 3.307
2. 1.810.......... 2. 1.857.......... 2. 1.950
3. 1.230.......... 3. 1.320.......... 3. 1.360
4 0.903........... 4. 1.034.......... 4. 1.071
5. 0.705.......... 5. 0.812.......... 5. 0.870
FD 4.062......... FD 4.266.......... FD 4.266
*Above info taken from USDM Helms manual.

I'm not sure if accord F22 trannies are different then the prelude F22...

 

Soo... its possible to install a F series Tranny on a H motor !!??? I tough you always had to match the first letter to get the tranny compatible with the motor !!????

 

WEll...... I didn't though this was possible... because actualy I have a F22B1 motor installed in my Prelude 93.. I recently bought a H23A1 and Im planning on rebuilding the internal. So in any case... using a F22B tranny on a H23 will be a lost of power for sure... but this all depend on what you wanna do with your car... If you are a daily driver that doesn't care too much about brute power and would like to be ecomical on fuel... thats the way to do !!! I will probably go with this myself......

Also a good thing.... I pretty sure that the H23A tranny with a H23A1 motor only get your car at something like 90KMH at the end of second gear !!! So if you match a F22B ( with longer ratio ) with a H23... the second gear will make blow the 100KMH on the second gear which is a nice thing for 0-100 record In my opinion....

But in either case... your car will be a little bit slower..... but..... your car is allready fast enought to burst speed limit !!!!! )

Take care

 

Well they way i am looking at it is that the f22 that i have is using oil and i really wanted to get a new motor and i have decided to go with the h23, i know that it wont be super fast but it wont be slower either, i just figured keep the tranny with the new motor and enjoy the gas milage. LOL but anyways thanks

 

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Well I have an H23 tranny attached to my F23 Block/H22 Head... H/F series are very similar and the trannies are interchangeable...

 

Nice !!! thanks for the information !!! )