i will be doing my H22 swap soon. i already bought a hasport mount, and the Ultimate H22 swap guide book (which is taking forever to come to my house) and this week i will begin to piece parts together for the H23 manual tensioner conversion. but i was just wondering for all you 97 CL H22ers out there. who actually did it themselves. me and my friends are gonna do it ourselves and im wondering just out of curiousity, who here has done it themselves. im not really worried, cuz apparently the book i bought is like "The Holy Bible" for this swap. im just kinda shook on the whole ECU and wiring the dist. situation. i heard its easier on a 97 compared to the 98-99.

 

Bad ass man, no better feeling than knowing you did the work yourself.

 

yea i really have no intentions on bringing it to a shop cuz its not like any real custom work has to be done. hopefully i wont have my car towed to a shop to finish the swap. even though my car cant be towed without damaging the underneath

 

Guess u should take out "save the sohc" from ur sig now huh lol....good luck on getting everything together. Whos gonna help you, shaun? Im supposed to meet up w/him in jerz but shit keeps coming up. Also, whered you get the motor/tranny/ecu from? jdm depot?

 

maybe he'll help me, im not sure. i dont even know if i told him about it yet.

i didnt get the motor yet, but yea im gonna go to JDM Engine depot. ive bought wheels there so im hoping they honor there ebay price for me which is $1,700. but im gonna see if i could go lower since i bought wheels from them.

 

pick me up an engine and tranny while you're there!

 

just out of curiosity, what is easier on a 97 than a 98/99?

 

wiring the distributor.

 

what do u want, H22, H23A vtec, F20B, or JDM F22b lol

i love living so close to that place.

 

lol i think ill be making my way up there soon, probably to get an h22 unless i get a good deal on a f20b.

 

you gonna get an H22 with auto

 

auto=teh ghey

 

^ oh yes

 

^^ whats good with your car. any updates for us.

 

I'll take an h22a

 

J32A2 w/ 6 speed?

 

i need to take a picture of my ECU for u, and how its wired up. Its 'special'. Also the 'ultimate swap guide' tells u to take ur head off and replace the head gasget which could void your warranty for ur motor. (if u have one)

 

i dont want the JDM ECU that there giving me. what ECU setup are you running daniel??

 

I got a OBDI P28 (a stock 92-95 civic Si ECU) but its reprogrammed with h22 basemap. Then i used a OBD2b to OBD1 jumper harness, and i rewired the distributor directly to the ECU using the jumper . the way that the shop does it (R1 Motors who saved my ass) they usually wire the dizzy into the stock engine harness if they can.

The P13 (JDM h22 ECU) isnt that bad of an ecu, its just annoying because of the CEL u will throw all the time.

 

shit im gonna have trouble with that.

but the reason i dont want the JDM Ecu is because its governed at 113mph.

if i decide to keep the ECU thats giving with me would that be much easier to wire??

 

no its going to have the same wiring issue. just get a chipped p28 and u wont have a CEL its worth the extra $150

 

fuck i was worried about the whole ECU thing, im not sure im gonna be able to wire it myself.

 

Chipped P28 FTW! The shit you can do with one of those things is truly amazing. I'm getting a USB datalogging cable wired into mine and an Ostrich emulator from Moates.net for some real time programming.

 

I can help dude.. dont sweat it

 

arite, im just a little stressed cuz i want to start everything by thrusday night. but i still dont have the ultimate h22 swap guide book, the hasport driver side mount, the p28 ecu (i can get one of those easily, just not chipped), or the h23 manual tensioner piece.

the only part of the puzzle i definitly will have by thrusday is the actual swap itself. i might have to put this install on hold till next thrusday.

 

take ur time, this weekend ill try n take pictures. TRY n find the Pinout diagrams for the p13 and p28 on hondatech. that will def help\

oh are u buying a JDM motor?

 

yes buying a JDM motor from a BB4 prelude.

 

So u will need to rewire your injector plugz too

 

hopefully the swap book will cover all of this.

 

i hope so too.

 

the only update i got is that its still sitting in the damn garage

everything is pretty much together, the motor is in but im just waiting for my conversion harness..

the little things are whats killing me the most...this car is cursed, its always 2 steps forward and 5 steps back

"technically" it should be up and running next week but nothing ever goes to right with this car..it was suppose to be up and running back in may

 

I think that's just the way car modding goes. 1 step forward, 1 step back, 1 step forward, 1 step back. And I don't think anyone ever gets use to it. I sure as hell don't.

 

H22?

 

It's just the way it is

 

My philosophy is: every job u do (ie. change alternator, sway bar, suspension) theres always one stubborn bolt or some fuked up bushing that takes FOREVER to get around.

 

yea and theres gonna be alot stubborn bolts and other BS im gonna encounter with this swap.

 

YUuup, but when its done.. Holycrap its SOosoOOooOO worth it. remember i waited a whole month to be done.

 

H22 FTW

 

goddamn, i hope it doesnt take that long for me.

 

i know the answer to that! Its a secret but its definitely sick