Hey all. I'm a proud 5th gen owner but I'm writing this post for my buddy who has a 93 SI with a JDM H22A in it. I believe his distributor is shot because his car won't start and when I put an ignition wire hooked up to a plug in the cap and cranked the engine there was no spark. Took his wire and plug and hooked it up to my cap and it sparked fine. He'd been having misfires for a little while now and I ran a compression test with these results from 1 to 4 (225, 225, 215, 215). Compression seems fine. His distributor has an internal coil so we were thinking about doing a conversion to an external coil like on my 5th gen. He also has an ECU from a H23 automatic so he's been keeping the engine no higher then 4k RPM. I want to fix the distributor problem and find the proper ECU for his motor. My question is should we do the conversion to an external coil or look for an internal JDM distributor. If so where is a good place to get the parts for a good price and a good diagram for the rewire? Also, where would be a good place to get the proper ECU module for his car? He just forked out a lot of money for new brake pads, rotors, and two calipers so he's trying to spend as little as possible but do the job right. The motor came from an OBD1 car so I don't believe an OBD2 conversion is necessary. Thanks in advance for any feedback.

 

its probably just the igniter (90% of the time thats the problem if there is no spark) and you can just order an igniter for a US Prelude (or any other OBD1 Honda they all have the same igniter). As for the ecu you need to find a P13 manual ecu. Or you need to find a P28(or equivalent) that is chipped to run the H22 motor. I have a P28 ecu that I will put the proper program on to run your H22 motor for $160.

For the record the P28 will not support the Intake Runner Control on the H22 motor. If you want that to function properly (it doesn't make much difference) you will need to get a P72 OBD1 ecu and have that chipped for the H22 motor.

 

how long would it take to get rdy? i have a stock p28

 

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