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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 07:03 PM
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Icon6 can you put an f23a4 into a 95 prelude?

i have the block sitting. came with the car, i was reading up on how people boost the engine f23 stock. so i figured, why not dump it into my lude. is this possible? wat would i have to do?
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Old Aug 16, 2010 | 09:50 PM
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Drops right in. Uses your stock transmission. You'll want to use the ECU from a 94/95 F22B1 Accord
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 04:03 PM
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Issues with the IAC will arise. The F23 uses a 3 wire rotary and the Lude uses a 2 wire IAC. Youll also have to bypass/jumper the injector resistor if you plan to run the F23 injectors. But if you use the F22 intake manifold, you wont have any of the problems that I just stated.
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 05:46 PM
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Drops right in. Uses your stock transmission. You'll want to use the ECU from a 94/95 F22B1 Accord
This is pure ignorance on my part as I haven't done anything F-related yet, but why wouldn't you use the ECU for the engine in question (F23A4)?
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Old Aug 17, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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Default Re: can you put an f23a4 into a 95 prelude?

Originally Posted by Kronn 98SH
This is pure ignorance on my part as I haven't done anything F-related yet, but why wouldn't you use the ECU for the engine in question (F23A4)?
The plugs are comletely diffrent. Also will likely have immobilizer issues. Also OP you will have to convert the engine to obd1. Alt plug is different, injectors are different and distributor is different
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Old Aug 18, 2010 | 03:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Kronn 98SH
This is pure ignorance on my part as I haven't done anything F-related yet, but why wouldn't you use the ECU for the engine in question (F23A4)?
I figured it would be easier to convert the engine to OBD1 than convert the car to OBD2
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