Hi all first of all im new to this forum and secondly id like some opinions...any would be greatly appreciated. So about 2 months ago i ran my 93 prelude Si into a curb and messed up the front right and rear right suspension, rims/tires, and bent the frame. Everything on the engine is completely fine it runs awesome still, but what I am now thinking of doing is buying like a 91 - 00 civic and swapping my H23A1 engine out of my prelude and putting in the civic. Anyways just wondering if anyone has done that around here before and or if its a good or bad idea to do. Heres some pics of my prelude so please go ahead and tell me if its a stupid idea or a good one. Any suggestions would be awesome!
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I think its a good idea man. Im thinking of swaping an H22A into my civic. Up till now I've done tons of research on it. The only tricky part looks like the shift linkage, the H uses cables and the civic uses solid bars. I heard getting the cables just right up into the cab can be tricky. As well as mounts, and new hoses, you need to lose the AC and PS oh and the rad i think. Anyway thats all I know.

 

thanks for the response man. now between hatchback civics and coupes, which would be a better car to get the best performance out of? i was also thinking of buying an H22A and frankensteining my H23 with the H22A VTEC head durin the swap. yay or nay on that??

 

Not sure too much on the head idea, post the question in the engines forum and youll get lots of answers. I can tell you that the best performance wise for the H would be in a hatch, low weight goes a long way. BUT, the h has LOTS of torque and iv heard some people say it takes a long time to get used to all that torque in such a light car. if i do go H , im putting it in my 94 coupe