17 or 18 inch wheels are poor for perfomance on our cars..
16's are optimal, but due to baller status no one wants them
4000 for an h22a swap.. are you gold plating the engine or somethin? You can get a H22A + ECU for like 1500 without tranny and just reuse the F22 tranny and do the swap yourself in a weekend. Comon people learn to work on your cars.
I think many of you have never priced out head work or engine internal prices, you would probobly spend about 1200-1500 minimum on a decent set of pistons, rods, and the machine work your worn out F22 needs. Not to mention an expensive head job.
To anyone who says an H22A doesnt have boost potential.. you gotta be kidding me. Look at h22a.org and there is a bone stock h22a block making like 265hp/200 ft lbs. torque
goto proflow and get you some serious head work and DISABLE vtec and get a good cam ground the H22A has major potential.
Im sorry but you can port/polish the head on the F22A* all day long and not come close to the breathing potential of a H22A head.
If you're on a budget, the F22B is your best option.. if you're baller status H22A has major boost potential. I would probobly go this route rather than port a F22A* head.
A good port job with matched runners is going to cost you some cash. You could port it at home, but chances are you dont do it very even and it will actually hurt performance.
I would suggest if your friend is deadset on using an F22A* to buy another engine from a junkyard and build it up. Getting machine work done and waiting on internals sometimes will mean his car will be dead for awhile unless you have another engine. Also make him buy a decent clutch.
Dont believe the hype about the H22A not handling boost.. how about all the even HIGHER compression B series engines making 400hp?? Its all a mater of what you do to the internals and what you set your compression level at... which is dictated by what internals you use.
My last comment on this stuff is learn to do it YOURSELF. You will pay out the ass for work like this.. if you're building a hybrid learn to do it yourself or dont do it at ALL is my suggestion. At the very least help with the work at the shop.