Just got an h23a complete for 400 bucks canadian. It needs new ring and stuff, but I wanna boost it so i'm gonna get low compression pistons and sleeve the block. Any recommendations for the pistons?

 

Arias, JE, whatever. 8.5:1 ratio. Overbore that bitch when you sleeve it too. Have Golden Eagle do the boring and sleeving, and they'll offer you a package deal on the pistons and rods, too.

 

damn not bad...how much that is in US money? i called a junkyard today...dude told me $1400 for just the engine!!!

 

My mechanic has a guy that can do the sleeves, i'm waaaaaay up north.

 

nice find what year is the motor?

 

um that's like 260us?

 

i think it's a 94/95, can't remember.

 

That's cool, just try to avoid Darton sleeves, I've heard bad things about them 'settling' into the block after short term use.... requiring more work and money to fix.

edit: I take that back, it's probably more of a mechanic thing than the sleeves themselves...


[Modified by martaigne, 9:56 PM 9/16/2002]

 

I went wiseco 8.8:1 and crower rods. Its the "http://www.raceeng.com/" design if it matters (the groove between the top and second ring).



Still waiting on the block to be sleeved.


[Modified by niedejb, 9:16 PM 9/16/2002]

 

Niiiiiice.

 

Any pics of the new toy?

 

not yet, and since i have a normal camera it might be awhile.

 

h23a long blocks are a steal. I paid $250 plus $110 for shipping from Maine to Indiana. Shipping date is this Saturday. It also needs new rings, but it looks like you and I have the same plans. BOOOOOST.

 

 

man im upset where are you kids finding these motors?

 

This guy was selling his on ebay. Nobody was bidding, so I asked him if I could buy it privatly instead of ebay. So, he agreed. By the time he closed the auction, people had bid it up to well over $600. I got really lucky.

 

ive noticed a lot of H23's on ebay with spun rod bearings...

something goin on here?

 

I don't know. This guy said everything was fine except the worn piston rings....I'll find out next week when I tear down the block....

 

i wonder? ive notice a couple of fugged h23's pop up what the delyo... hmmm imma let all yall go first have fun

 

when a H23 goes bad (usually around 150-200k mi) it will spin a rod bearing...i'm not sure why, but thats what goes wrong with it...then people get a H22 and sell their bad H23

 

Well, in my case some kid came in with his lude and a $10,000 line of credit and said: "engine is messed, make it go faster." So out came the H23 and in went the JDM H22. I talked to my mechanic yesterday and asked what was going on with the H23. He said the kid said he could have it. So he told me $400, SOLD! motor, tranny ecu and harness.

 

I have 9.5 endyns going in to my h22a, 8.5 is pretty low if you have at least a half way decent tuner they should be able to get 9.5 work fine.

 

yeah but the f22's are only 8.8 and they love the boost.