i'm looking at buying a 1993 BA8 prelude, i know these arent v-tech but i can get for a crazy price so i cant really pass it up. Don't flame me for asking this but if i was to get my hands on a H22A engine with the ecu, intake and exhaust manifold, wire and loom. Could a transplant be done ?

 

The faq's at the top of the prelude forum will answer all of your questions.It a very easy swap But with that F series tranny it wont be as nice if you were to get a H series tranny,your best bet would be to get a h22 trans and you will be much happier with it. The gears are longer in the F series transmissions so it doesnt accelerate as well as it would with a h23 trans or even better with the h22 trans just my word of advice take it or leave it and good luck

 

so i'm guessing it doesn't take a lot more work to put a different tranny in ?

 

at the point where you're replacing the engine, no, it doesn't take much to put another tranny in.

personally, i've got an h23, and i'm leaning towards getting a F transmission, just b/c i don't like such high rpms when i'm crusing at 80-85.

but on another note, i believe that '93 was the first year that the h22 was offered in the prelude. if you just want the h22 that bad but don't want to mess w/ swapping the engine, wait for a little while and look around and i'm sure you can find a 4th gen. vtec

 

happens all the time. ive done the same swap. bolt on ur car is already prewired for vtec (not v-tech) so thats 1 step u dont havta do the only other main step is changing out the injectors and rail. putting the h22 injectors on the h23 rail so you dont have to make a new fuel line. a great! place to get the motor from is hmotorsonline.com i bought the complete swap kit just for the hell of it there good and repitable check them out and if u have more question simply ask away.

 

hey cheers for that advice.
What i kinda need is a list really of what i need to do and what i need to buy
So one weekend i can get stuck into it

 

Buy:
Motor + Tranny + ECU
water pump
timing belt
manual tensioner parts
dizzy rotor
spark plugs
spark plug wires
fuel filter
oil filter
all new fluids


Do:
change water pump convert to manual tensioner install new timing belt. check clutch while motor is out. install new motor and tranny. switch ecus, hook up the vtec wires on solenoid and oil pressure switch. take the injectors off the h22 rail and put on your fuel rail. replace fuel filter (double check f22 rail and h22 can be interchanged) change the rotor on the dizzy and put in new plugs and wires. changing all those parts allows you to use the HMO warranty in case u get a rare "bad" motor from HMO. fill all fluids and try to fire it up.
tip: while motors out pull the iacv fitv and egr systems and clean them out including the egr ports on the IM


that was a real quick summary if i forgot something let me know

 

if you already had a manual lude and get a engine from the a manual wreak would you you need this step change water pump convert to manual tensioner

 

always change the pump and belt while the motors out just to be safe. and when i say manual tensioner i mean the tensioner for the timing belt not manual transmission. the car has a auto tensioner which tightens the timing belt but its been prone to fail so its smart to convert to the h23 manual tensioner less to worry about down the road.

 

v-tech? never heard of it.. probably some lame companies answer to VTEC

 

abit of a late post coming in. considering somebody has already said about the vtech thing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drenz &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> i'm looking at buying a 1993 BA8 prelude, i know these arent v-tech but i can get for a crazy price so i cant really pass it up. Don't flame me for asking this but if i was to get my hands on a H22A engine with the ecu, intake and exhaust manifold, wire and loom. Could a transplant be done ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yes, its been done, MANY times.

Ive done it,

read the FAQ, you can learn a lot from just reading.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by M2B4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">happens all the time. ive done the same swap. bolt on ur car is already prewired for vtec (not v-tech) so thats 1 step u dont havta do the only other main step is changing out the injectors and rail. putting the h22 injectors on the h23 rail so you dont have to make a new fuel line. a great! place to get the motor from is hmotorsonline.com i bought the complete swap kit just for the hell of it there good and repitable check them out and if u have more question simply ask away.</TD></TR></TABLE>

bah, you didnt do the swap, you PAID someone to do it, lol

you're my boy Chris

 

just curious OP, where are you from?

 

Napier in New Zealand

 

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bah, you didnt do the swap, you PAID someone to do it, lol

you're my boy Chris </TD></TR></TABLE>

i didnt pay any one lol i traded someone. i may as well done it my self all the **** i had to fix afterwards. spent more time fixing that then the swap prolly took. o well lol get going op order that motor