this is the problem, there is so much of this "my friend did this...and this happend" going around.

 

hey no need to take my word for it, not saying he has to listen to me but this is what happened to my boy and if u believe it is valid or not doesnt matter 2 me

 

Even if an H22 is a little harder to swap in. the 40 whp and TQ make it worth it. B16 is a pointless swap in my opinion. If youre doing a B series swap it should be a GSR or LS Turbo. B16 is OVERRATED!

 

Did he do a straight swap, or an h2b or h2d swap cuz that makes a huge difference in the simplicity of swapping.

 

The H2B swap will cause your hood to stick up, I can say that for sure. But the H swap with H tranny shouldnt have any issues

 

I've been reading about the h22 now that I saw this thread and is there a way to do the h2d swap and keep your a/c?

 

Not that I know of. From what I've seen in pictures, it's not the transmission that interferes with your a/c, it's the h22's exhaust manifold... I'll see if I can't dig upa picture of an h22 in a civic's bay.

EDIT: got one

See where that manifold is? It's hard to tell at this angle, but I've seen almost straight-down pictures... the exhaust manifold is a few inches away from the front of the engine bay.

 

Sorry forall the trouble guys.
I decideddon't want the B16 anymore. So for the same price my other option is the H22A. I think Iwill go with this, someone said the H2B swap will make the hood not close properly, is this the same with the H2D swap?
If I get this engine, I guess I could just try to find one without the tranny and then I could use mine. One more problem I have thought of is the exhaust manifold, will it line up with my adaptor plate to the turbo? My guess is no, but I have no idea how I would be able to fix that problem?

 

I don't think your d-series turbo mani would bolt up to the h-series engine, anyway. You could probably get away with getting a turbo manifold for an h22 and just using that... you still might have to modify the intake/intercooler/whatever,-I'm-not-good-with-turbos piping a little. Also, you might have to have your exhaust modified a little to bolt up to the h22's exhaust manifold... like I said before, I don't know from experience, I can only repeat what I've decided to be the general consensus.

EDIT: also, you can get spacers for the hood to make the hood able to close with an h2b, but it looks kinda funny... like, the hood sitsa few inches above the fenders back toward the winshield.

 

you have to notch your subframe to have a/c and with 96-00 civic's there are no hood clearence problems