H22a swap in a EG civic/DC2.

Turbogixxer · Post by **Turbogixxer** » September 04, 2003

sleepinonacreeper wrote:either extend line or use an accord fuel rail (cant remember what year tho).

90-93

sleepinonacreeper wrote:some have external coil on distributor

USDM h22a have that

sleepinonacreeper wrote:needs rewired or an accord one w/coil in it (cant remember what year either).

92-93. Also, you can use a 92-95 civic dizzy with little mod.

sleepinonacreeper wrote:exhaust doesnt bolt up.

Yes, true, but most exhausts do not bolt up to the stock exhaust.

Also, I am going to do a H22a in a civic at the end of the month. I will take a lot of pics and do a better write-up.

sleepinonacreeper · Post by **sleepinonacreeper** » September 04, 2003

thanks

its been awhile

Turbogixxer · Post by **Turbogixxer** » September 05, 2003

sleepinonacreeper wrote:thanks its been awhile

no prob, if you guys have any more questions just ask!

godzilla_eg · Post by **godzilla_eg** » January 30, 2004

i vote for anything vx related. i have a 95 vx, and from what i hear no engine swap will be any less than a bitch to do.

Post by **Nikku** » January 31, 2004

i just browsed thru it but what i noticed that you neglected to mention was the suspension and brake issues that will occur with this swap

Turbogixxer · Post by **Turbogixxer** » February 17, 2004

temp wrote:i just browsed thru it but what i noticed that you neglected to mention was the suspension and brake issues that will occur with this swap

WTF are you talking about? Friends are running on STOCK CX suspenison and brakes (no sway bars) with no problem. Have you ever driven one? or a bench-tech?

Post by **Nikku** » February 17, 2004

Turbogixxer wrote:
temp wrote:i just browsed thru it but what i noticed that you neglected to mention was the suspension and brake issues that will occur with this swap

WTF are you talking about? Friends are running on STOCK CX suspenison and brakes (no sway bars) with no problem. Have you ever driven one? or a bench-tech?

whoa whoa whoa bub, chill out, stock CX suspension and stock CX brakes is a REALLY REALLY bad idea for someone doing this swap, you NEED to have way stiffer springs up front on a minimum to support the weight difference, the stock brakes are WAY too small and will fade out way easily, heres why

more weight over the front wheels=more brake effort required to stop car
more brake effort to stop car= more heat
more heat= more fade
fade= you die

Turbogixxer · Post by **Turbogixxer** » February 18, 2004

temp wrote:whoa whoa whoa bub, chill out, stock CX suspension and stock CX brakes is a REALLY REALLY bad idea for someone doing this swap, you NEED to have way stiffer springs up front on a minimum to support the weight difference, the stock brakes are WAY too small and will fade out way easily, heres why

more weight over the front wheels=more brake effort required to stop car
more brake effort to stop car= more heat
more heat= more fade
fade= you die

What about knowing your limits? So when you do any engine swap that weighs one pound over the original motor, you should upgrade your brakes? I understand where you are coming from, but the fact is that, no one that rode/drove a H22a/EG would be saying what you are saying. Too much shit spreading about the swap by people that do not know what they are talking about.

BTW, how much does a H22a motor weighs over b-series?

Post by **Nikku** » February 18, 2004

Turbogixxer wrote:
temp wrote:whoa whoa whoa bub, chill out, stock CX suspension and stock CX brakes is a REALLY REALLY bad idea for someone doing this swap, you NEED to have way stiffer springs up front on a minimum to support the weight difference, the stock brakes are WAY too small and will fade out way easily, heres why

more weight over the front wheels=more brake effort required to stop car
more brake effort to stop car= more heat
more heat= more fade
fade= you die
What about knowing your limits? So when you do any engine swap that weighs one pound over the original motor, you should upgrade your brakes? I understand where you are coming from, but the fact is that, no one that rode/drove a H22a/EG would be saying what you are saying. Too much shit spreading about the swap by people that do not know what they are talking about.

BTW, how much does a H22a motor weighs over b-series?

roughly 100lbs over a b-series swap, and i have done a few of these swaps already AND no one that has done one has neglected the suspension or the brakes, knowing your limits? why would someone swap their engine if they did not want to go fast? and if no one that you know of with an H22 EG would be saying the things i am then sorry to say it but the people you know do not know what they are talking about

Turbogixxer · Post by **Turbogixxer** » February 18, 2004

Turbogixxer wrote:BTW, how much does a H22a motor weighs over b-series?

temp wrote:roughly 100lbs over a b-series swap

You read the question? I point that I am trying to make is that you are answering all my questions in general/common knowledge. I asked about the motor, not the swap.

About the suspenison/brakes, So when you race at your local drag strip (not street racing, cause it is deadly enough as is) They do not give you enough road to show down? I have never had a problem with slowing down a H22a/EG at the local drag strip (within reason, now, built H22a is different then a stock/I.H.E H22a). Like I said, know your limits.

temp wrote:if no one that you know of with an H22 EG would be saying the things i am then sorry to say it but the people you know do not know what they are talking about

I guess the people that wrote the directions for HCP mount kit and the people that wrote one of the best how-to thread out there do not know what they are talking about, then I do not know who does.

One question, What makes swaping in a B18c5 in a CX with stock brakes different then an H22a? (do not say the weight in the front, Because, you know that it BS).