Let me start off by saying I have searched and I have read up on the H22 swap into a civic. This thread will not be to debate if it is or is not worth it, however after reading up on the H22 into a Civic swap it got me thinking that I might want to buy a project car and swap in an h22.

My question is, can I hear comments and suggestions from people who have this swap that have never done a previous swap before? Or maybe even people who do have the swap if they would give suggestions to someone who has never done something of this calibur before?

I consider myself fairly mechanically inclined, I do all the work on my jeep and all the work on my parents Honda. I've helped a lot of my friends with various projects on their cars and trucks so it's not new to me.

If this has been discussed somewhere before, please let me know, I however have not seen a single thread like this posted as of yet. I would ask in the hybrid section but that is for more experienced swappers usually and wanted to hear from novices such as myself.

 

My h22a was the first swap for my car. i've done a few swaps with friends before. actually putting it in only take some moderate I-can-make-it-work-a-bility like a little hydro line bending here and little fuel line extending there. a little breaking of the stoke radiator fan here. a little letting the fan work itself out there. and unbolting the fuel filter so you can push it out the way and BAM! its in. there wiring(which should be done first) should take some time (so that it looks stock) and you need to be comfortable with electrical concepts or know someone who is or post alot on this forum and be able to type fast and read comprehensively (<----and spell?) anyway enough of my babling i hope still helps.

 

it was my first swap...the only hardest part of it was shoehorning the motor in..since i dropped it in from the top, instead of slidding it in from the bottom...otherwise very straight forward if you used the information at the top of the page https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=650329

 

Yeah I read all the information at the top of the page. It does seem fairly straight-forward. But I also searched google and found some sites and they were saying it's not for novices and that welding was required.

I'm not to concerned with the wiring, my dad can help with that.

Milan

 

Yes. It was my first swap. Yes I would do it again. No the handling doesn't suck, i can fly around corners with a set of sticky tires. It is fast. It can be just as fast or faster than a bolt-on B18C5. Get a decent header.

Wiring was the hardest part of my swap, but i had a friend, turbogixxer (the man), do it for me. It only took him 12 hours, but hey, it was done right the first time.