Look, everyone is starting to get off the subject at hand. JDM if I were you i would be asking more about an h22 in a integra. Volumetric efficency (not sure if thats spelled right) is the key to anybody trying to go all motor. as everyone knows, the three basic components to have combustion is air, fuel, ignition. obviously, the more displacement a cylinder has, the more air/fuel mix it can ingest. the more it can ingest, the more it can compress. the more it can compress, the more power it gets from the power stroke. the more power it gets, the faster the crank turns and inturn the faster the car goes.
An h22 (prelude engine) has a good amount of low-end torque, with good high-end hp. get cast iron sleeves, high compression pistons, port and polish, maybe a new valvetrain with a 45 degree seat, cams, gears, etc.. (DO NOT GET A THREE ANGLE VALVE JOB, just not worth the money), and get the crank, rods, block, everything cryo treated and you'll probably be somewhere in the 280's to 300 hp range NA.
I personally prefer the B series engines, b16 is my fav, but i also like to turbocharge. I personally did a Ls\vtec conversion, and let me tell you, its not worth the time or money. the fastest time I got out of that engine, NA, was a high 13. Now i built a b20vtec, non-turbo yet, and did everything I just listed above and I'm in the mid 12's at 273 whp at 7500 rpms, with c/16 NA.
As far as trannys are concerned, i started with the LS tranny and it worked fine, but now i have the itr LSD tranny and it made about 3 tenths of a second diffrence and it works just fine.
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