I know I have posted a few cars I have been thinking about buying to use for a summer project car, but I decided after all the mustangs and nissans that I will stay with a honda. (I just can't escape the desire to build up a fast civic, lol) Im going to go pick this ef hatch up on saturday if I can haggle the price enough, its a nice car (ive already checked it out,) Im going to build this car as a street machine that is track ready. Im gutting the interior, removing any weight not necessary and will probally swap in a b16a (Ive heard these little things fly with this motor?) Anyways should be a fun, cheaper project, Ill keep my eg for commuting and winter driving. Damn I still need a little truck to haul my quad around this summer, lol. If I buy and work on this hatch, ill be postin it in the projects threads.

 

B16 = overrated. H swap ftw. Could build it and boost it if you want, but H series don't really love the boost too much. A built GSR or even the b16 would love the boost, its just that the compression of the H series is soooo high, and if you boost the H i'd get it sleeved too, and for sure lower the compression.

 

hey I didn't even know you could fit a H22 into one of these little cars, sweet[8D] Its going to be a sleeper as well I probally won't fix up the exterior too much besides some original paint and of course some good tires for traction. Ill take a look at the gsr swaps as well, mabey even a b20 swap.

 

The H22A's compression ratio is 10.6:1... that's not that high (well, it's high compared to a d-series)... Actually, a JDM GSR motor has the same ratio. Throw a Mitsubishi 16g turbo (I believe that's the turbo the evo uses... isn't it?) on there and you're golden. And, no, I don't believe all that s**t about h22's sucking as boost motors... I've seen a ton of boosted preludes on stock internals.

I say stuff an h22 under there. Hell, if a v6 can fit in an EG's engine bay, an h22 can fit in an EF.

 

cool thanks reaperand flip! This will be the ultimate na sleeper as it will be at first, around here where I live lol and it could be a good sleeper

 

actually if Im gonna bother spending and dropping in a h22 I might as well drop it into my eg hatch and use this ef for commuting.

 

now your thinking. h22 in an eg is great.

 

^^ lol sweet, I put on my thinking cap there

 

An H22 in an eg really is a lot of fun. I just drove an h22 eg that i was considering buying and it was a blast. The h22a is rated at 220 hp and in that light a car is a lot of fun. The car i drove ran mid 13's in the quarter mile. That's C5 vette territory. Enjoy it if you do it!

 

There is a stock H2B with I/H/E running in the 12's out here.