Well, a friend of mine (well not really a friend) threw a rod bearing on his h22a prelude si.

Here is the history of the motor. A few weeks ago he mishifted from 3rd to 2nd and a slight tick sounded from motor. We told him to take it easy on the car and get it home. He drove it around and "now it will not start." i went to his house and push started it and it fired right up but there was a VERY loud rod knock. So we think he threw a rod bearing. BTW i checked his oil and it is totally black.

basically threw a rod bearing and will sell me complete car for $300.

Sould I buy it and fix the h22a then sell or just buy and swap original f22 and sell h22a with the knock?

 

if the rest of the car is worth a crap, buy it

you can have that engine rebuilt completely and still come out in the black

 

a car for 300....

 

OK, well the car is being dropped off at my shop friday where we are going to pull the motor and replace; headgasket, rod bearings, inspect head for bent valves, etc. What else should be replaced? I want to keep this project under $200!

I am going to strip the block/head and hot tank the motor. I may attempt to polish the head while I have it appart. Any other things I should worry about?

 

$200 is not even enough for the gasket set...