Looking at buying a 92 prelude. Has h23a1 bottom with a h22 vtec head. All rebuilt with reciepts. 167k on chassis but extremely clean and lots of recent mods. 5 grand obo. Anyone here know if that's a good combo of bottom and head? What problems should I be looking for and how hard will it be for me to order mods or parts in the future? Is this a common build? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

 

It's not a matter of if its a bad combo or not. It's the fact that you dont know who did it, how well they did it etc.... Who knows it could have had a warped head from bad head gasket and they just threw h22a head on and called it a day.

My advice to you, stay away from Frankenstein motors, unless you built it. Even if it runs good during test drive, just stay away, most frankenstiens are just full of a bunch of problems... Usually from the person who put it together.

 

That makes sense. If the receipts are from a reputable shop and the shop back there work do you still think I might have the same types of problems?

 

I'm the same way as the above poster. Anytime I see a motor someone else has built I run away unless they have proof that it came from a reputable shop. Even then I'd pass unless it was a smoking deal. Chances are if they put that into it, they probably also beat the **** out of it.

 

Thanks guys. Much appreciated. The car does have documentation and I called the import shop that did the work. It's recent, warrantied, and high quality. The deal is not super sweet but reasonable. Buy obviously I'm curious why. He'd sell something so newly rebuilt. His wife being tired of his hobby is his reasoning.

 

Thanks for the advice. I went a different rout. Got a 2000 si em1.