Me and my friend plan on pickin up a decent engine from a junkyard and fixing it up. I mean puttin in high compression pistons, performance cranksshaft, con rods, etc. Its a big rpoject and we know it will cost alot. But my question is what is the best honda engine we shood get? what will give is more option and tuning abilities? We dont plan on gettin a turbo or anything just a good rebuild

 

Haha slow down cowboy,

1st - I checked for my CAI/SRI I thought I had and don't have it anymore so apologies on that

2nd - Worry first about maintenance on the car rather than dropping $xxxx into a new motor and building it

3rd - Motor was the LAST thing I did in my upgrades Wheels, maintenance, suspension, etc was first then the motor work

*edit*

I also know you're 16 and it's probably your first car, just take it slow and try not to dump too much money into it.

My suggestions from my experience:
1) Maintenance (Timing belt, water pump, etc get the motor running in top condition)
2) Wheels/Tires (make a HUGE difference over stock)
3) Suspension (struts and springs = much better looks/handling if done right)
4) Goodies (Appearance/minor motor = headlights, intake/exhaust, etc)
5) Evaluate options (motor swap, turbo, etc)

You could (and can easily) spend over $3000 on just #1-3


Modified by TheMuffinMan at 5:14 PM 9/15/2008

 

haha ok man i just really like working on engines (used to fix people lawn mowers n stuff) and im gettin into this whole thing. And its cool about the intake ill be makin mine...just cuz i like to make my stuff haha, but yeah ur right im being a tad rediculous here but still.... WIth my F22B2 someone said i could put an H22 head on it... would that be in anyway shape or form adaptable? and what would i be gaining?

 

Personally depending on the mileage I'd turbo. I went full H22A swap however as my motor was at 200k miles.

And you're referring to the G22, do some searching on it.

 

alright well my 96 has 85k wich is surprisingly low. but if i get a turbo seeing as my parents pay my insurance :D it would like quadruple...unless no1 found out... but then im sure id get busted idk. but will do the g22 search thanks

 

Don't tell?

Mine doesn't know I have any mods

 

haha well i still live with them... idk im sure theyd find out if im ther with the hood open. but i looked up the "frakenstein" swaps and i see i could also just swap a b1 on my car... i dont have v-tec but wood the b1 vtec head be adaptable and enable me to gain vtec once i get the ecu for it?

 

Not worth the swap really.

If you don't want to turbo look at the bisimoto cams - those and supporting mods netted 170hp I believe?

 

daaaaaamn haha but with a new cam, im assuming the lobes are gonna be all different since ill be gaining power so would that also mean it would destroy my 29mpg? D:

 

If your worried about keeping your MPG don't even think about adding any of the things you listed in your original post. You should look at rebuild the engine and keeping it stock. You'll be good for another 200K+ with 28-30MPG. Any HP adders will drop your MPG.

 

wat about cai, i hear different things. does is save gas cause it improves air flow or no?

 

to be honest. sounds like your just wanting to play. you could do yourself a favor and do some deep research before you just go out on a limb. save yourself the time and the money and come up with a better plan and better yet a better approach. the saying is, do it right the first time. but your initial question could have been answer had you used the search option in the upper righthand corner.

 

man get you a h22a from a prelude si and the ecu (mabye tranny),all you would really ahve to do is get a good set of cam gears,and a badass clutch mabye pistons,your lookin at about 2000 installed and back on the road

 

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camgears and a h22 in an accord doesn't =fast. fast, reliable, cheap. pick two and go with it. you can't have all three. also just a prelude si won't get you a h22 motor. you'll get a h23 instead.