hey, i gotta 93 del sol s, the d16 non vtech. Nice engine but i want more....ALOT MORE!!! The little d16 was nice at first but it is slow, and there isnt much to do with it, maybe a turbo or mini-me but why do that when i can do a full swap and do a great one? I was thinking of either an H22 or a B18c, after lookin the specs the H22 will HAUL compared to a b18c. I know there is a weight difference but putting in some ADJ. struts and setting them up should be fine with good springs.
Any coments on how hard the swap is or what they think this beast of an engine will be like in my car.

 

Personally, I wouldn't recommend using the H22 unless all you're concerned with is getting your car to go fast in a straight line. Sure, acceleration would be insane in a light car with that much torque, but adding 200+ lbs to an already front-heavy car is never a good idea for a daily driver. The right springs and *perfect* suspension tuning would help to alleviate some of the understeer, but it would never handle like a Honda again. For me that's at least half the fun of driving.

Also, this is by no means an easy swap. I was looking into an H22 swap for my '96 dx coupe, and the extra power and relatively low price of the H-series almost had me lured in. Then I started researching the swap and was taken aback by the amount of work required. There is quite a bit of fabrication involved, particularly if you ever plan on keeping power steering or air conditioning. Considering this combined with the custom parts involved, the cost benefit was more than wiped out.

A B18C will be plenty of power for a 'Sol, especially with mods. If you're really turned on by the torque of the H-series, a turbocharged B18B might be the way to go.

Unless all you want is a drag car, go with a lighter engine. The car will be more liveable and you'll be happier in the long run. Hope this helped.

 

The H22 will not HAUL compared to the b18c unless your doing 110mph plus the b18 will pull a h22. I would do a c1 or save up and do a c5 but no a H22 its not worth it.

 

not a fan of squeezing and smashing a H22 into a civic or del sol, too much work, too much money, shit handling, heavy as hell, no power steering, too much money again, not worth it, etc etc etc (i could go all day long)

 

This weight difference stuff was settled over a year ago. The search button will rid you of all the myths behind the H22 being the bastard child of swaps.

 

isent the weight diffrence like 35 pounds

 

Yeah about 35. And the hardest part of the "fabrication" is nocking part of the frame rail out a bit to fit the crank pulley.

 

Not when i did the swap on my buddys car. only Mod on the chassis was cutting the hole for the shifter cables and cutting part of the Passenger mount and drilling a new hole to fit the tranny mount. that was it.

 

Hmm. Maybe it's not the H22 that needs a dent in the fraim rail. Unless that's only needed on CRX's.

 

Prolly i know when i helped my buddy put a LS in his EF hatchback we had to dent the frame to get the alternator in without hitting .