Most places I've seen have B18C1's for less than $4000. HMotoronline seems to be a pretty popular place for people to get engines and they have a B18C1 setup for $3149 plus shipping (probably looking at $200-$300)

http://www.hmotorsonline.com/shop/sc...age&item=30009

Get equal weight on the front tires will help, but there are other consideration in getting a FWD to hook up off the line. Urathane or just plain solid suspension mounts and even something like the traction bar setups available now will really help keep the front tires where they're supposed to, along with proper spring rates, front and rear. Any seriously high powered fwd car is going to be bear to keep the front tires from just melting under a lot of boost on anything but drag slicks.

It's also going to take more than just stronger internals to keep that thing in one piece. Do you have access to a dyno and someone familiar with tuning Honda's? Really come in handly on a project like this.

 

i have a couple questions about this swap. my questions are for a 1992 DX:

1.) would getting Prelude springs in the front of the car work as far as the handling issues that H22A's give civics?
2.) What kind of axles do u guys recommend? I was thinking 1991 integra axles.
3.) if i use integra axles, would i need a 90-93 Accord Intermediate Shaft?
4.) does some one know (off the top of your head) what companies sell turbo kits for h22a civics?
5.) does anything need to be done to the steering? i.e. steering column?
6.) oh yea...what exactly is an Intermediate Shaft?

number 4 isnt that important....just kinda curious what people know about that? i'll look into that more myself. thanks.

 

1. They will help. It won't completely fix the problem but it win't be as bad
2. Do not go this way. It is the cheaper of the two but I had major problems with the axles popping out and in 5th gear the tranny would pop out of gear due to bad fitment. Get specially made axles from hasport of something similar
3. Use the h22 or h23 halfshaft with the custom axles
4. I seem to remember FMAX made a kit for this application
5. No modifications need to be made to the steering column
6. The intermediate shaft runs from the transmission across the back of the motor and the driver side axle plugs into it. The lower torque civics don't need it because they can use different length axles with no problem. Honda found that with the higher torque motors such as the h series had too much torque steer and were snapping the longer axles so they put in a fixed intermediate axle to take care of it

BTW You will also need an accord resistor pack. I found that the CAI from the ITR will fit this application pretty good and is also 3" wide (h22 loves larger intake)

 

Wow, back from the dead thread.

Internmediate shafts also allow you to run 2 equal lenght actual drive axles on either side, this helps to eliminate torque steer (where the acceleration from the wheels will try to yank the wheel away from you on hard accelleration). I would definately recommend going with custom axles designed for this application. Also, from what I understand, the H22A setup is only about 75 pounds heavier than a B-series engine so a properly sorted suspension, a CF hood and the battery in the trunk will probaly really help balance everything. I don't think simply using aftermarket or stock Prelude springs would be beneficial since a Prelude is a larger heavier car and has a suspension to match (the springs don't just support the motor). I've never done an H22A swap so I can't really give you much advice on what fits and what's best for part though, sorry.

 

thanks guys.

hey man...i searched and found an existing thread with the same main topic.

 

Nah, that's fine, I'm glad your searching and pulling up old threads with good information. I just haven't seen this one in a while. Are you considering doing an H22A swap into something?

 

my friend with a 1992 DX is. and i was also curious what needed to be done. cuz back in the day, i always wanted a h22civic. people always told me how hard it was and all that shit. so now im lookin into it and it isnt lookin that hard. so he'll do this to his civic. and i'll stick with my integras.

 

I posted this elsewhere but it might help you too. http://www.hondaswap.com/forums/inde...howtopic=29819 Lot of good info for h22 swaps

 

well the civic has a D series motor. do u know the weight difference between the B series and D series? also he wants to strip the back seats and shit out, so that'll make it even less balanced.

i'd suggest JDM front bumper support, Spoon battery in the back, CF hood, full size spare in the back also. i think that would keep it kinda even, what do u think?

also, found this site for the motor mounts.