Hey what’s up? Well my friend crashed his crx last weekend. He totaled his car and some other ladies as well. It turns out he didn't have any car insurance so he's in some serious need for cash. Now for the good part. He's got a jdm h22a type s engine with tranny and ecu sitting at home. He was planning on doing the swap into his crx but his plans aren't going to work out. He offered to sell it to me for $2,000.00. I really want to get but I don't know the first thing about doing a swap. To start off my CL is an automatic 2.3. I know its possible to switch my car to stick but what am I going to need other the prelude transmission? Does the h22a bolt right into our cars or am I going to need new engine mounts? What else am I going to need? Any other advice you can give me would be great. Fode you've done the swap in your car what else am I going to need other than the engine, tranny and ecu? Thanks for any help.

 

are the axles included?

 

you can't use prelude axles ghander they're too long, so even if they were included they're useless.. engine mounts are perfect, might want to consider some stronger ones tho considering the change in horse power... the h22a will bolt on to your automatic tranny.. kinda sCary but it would.. you'll lose a lot of power due to the gear ratios in our cars.. which is why you'd want to find either an auto tranny for an h22a... or hang the clutch and get a new center console for a manual 2.3 cl fairly easy to do.. but i'm sure if you payed sumone they'd charge you out the ying yang

 

if the axles dont' work are you still gonna be able to use the tranny? And also, i've always heard that there are 2 different mounts you need.

 

are you keeping your original 5 speed in the car?

 

What I would get is only the engine, the tranny from a prelude (5 speed stick) and the ecu form the prelude. It does not include the axles.
Fode, basically I can swtich my automatic transmission for the prelude's 5 speed if I get a new center console from a stick CL? Is there anything else I am going to need? I'm trying to add up all the cost to see if I can afford it.

Thanks for your help.