well you definately have an H22. The amount of noise when vtec hits is different between cars, parts and tuning. Mine is really loud and pulls, but of course I have a VAFC and my car has been tuned to do so. My buddy just has Type-S cams and the thing pops pretty loud and pulls really hard. With a stock H22 it should generally be pretty quiet and transition should be smooth so don't be worried about it.

The H22 transmission has shorter gearing than the F22 tranny your previously had. So hense you can still be around 70 in 2nd gear.

here are the gear ratios

1992-1996 Honda Prelude coupe manual H22A M2B4 3.307 1.950 1.360 1.034 0.787 - 4.26

1994-1997 Honda Accord DX/LX coupe/sedan manual F22B2 P2A5 3.307 1.809 1.185 0.903 0.685 - 3.000 4.062 USDM

Also the redline of an H22 is 7200rpm, fuel cutoff should be 7800, so go all the way to 7800 if you want With that comment said. If you break your motor by over revving somehow,I am in no way liable if you do cuz I said you could go to 7800rpm