Originally posted by clickwir
I've got a 96 Prelude S. 2.2L SOHC Automatic (79k miles). I would love to do an engine swap with a 2.2L DOHC VTEC. However, all cars that are VTEC by stock have manual transmissions.
Now, what I wanna know is... can the VTEC be used with an automatic, of course that wouldn't be great, but will it work ok?
Or am I looking at a whole engine/tranmission swap from F22/auto to H22/manual? (Any ballparks on price would be nice if ya know it)
If the VTEC upgrade is just too much of a pain or not possible, what would be the next step down that would get good performance upgrades? Turbo kit?
vtec has nothing to do with the tranny, so go for it.
i wouldnt bother doing the whole engine swap, just do a frankieswap since the f22 bottom end is about the same as the h22s..