98clracer

hi im new to acurazine and i just wanted to ask a few questions. at the moment i have an all stock 98 acura cl and i want to swap out my stock f22 for a jdm h23a vtec. i just wanted to know if i can use my stock ecu and wire harness from my f22 on the new h23a? and if i can use the f22 ecu and wire harness, do i have to use the f22 distributor and/or or parts too? this is my 1st engine swap so please be considerate and knowledgeable, thank you

asianspec

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Welcome, please search as this has been talked about many times,

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...494467&page=12

97BlackAckCL

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sickcl480

If you have a 98 CL then you don't have an F22. It would be an F23 so that is the guide you need to be searching for. Also a guide for a 6th gen accord should be very similar as they have an F23 as well.

98clracer

like i said, im new here lol. well i just want to know if i can use the wire harness, ecu, etc that i have now on the jdm h23a... any help, setup suggestions??

P0401

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even though the photos are no longer there you can read from the link posted, here is a link from the first page instead of the last one where they are talking about doing the exact same swap https://acurazine.com/forums/1g-cl-1997-1999-56/my-build-revealed-long-story-pics-%3D56k-ftl-494467/

98clracer

in the time that u took to say all that u could have just answered my question. just tell me, can i reuse my wire harness and ecu from the engine i have now and if i can keep them do i have to keep the distributor and/or or parts?

asianspec

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im pretty sure you can't, but if its OBD1 then definitely you can't.

P0401

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The reason I didn't answer your question is because I don't know. I have no interest in this swap so I didn't read it, but if I was interested I would have read it like I instructed you to do. I wasn't going to read the dern whole thread just to answer your question when I did everything for you and all you had to do was click your mouse and read yourself. You would have had to read my answer anyhow so why have the same information in 2 places when its just one more step for you to do since you are the one interested in this swap. And that one step is just a flick of one finger on the mouse

sickcl480

Are you F*&%ing serious? The reason we are not answering your questions is because there are too many variables. Are you staying OBD2B or going OBD1? Is your car auto or manual because that effects your ecu options. The H23A Vtech is similar to the H22's but has some major differences including the fact there is no stock ECU out there that will work for that engine properly in a manual because they all came with a tip-tronic auto. Basically what I am saying is you will probably have to convert OBD1 and buy a chipped ECU and when you do that you will have to use an OBD1 distributor because that is how it will run the best. If you don't care about how well the engine runs just stay OBD2 and use your stock harness with a 96+ Prelude H22 ECU which will run an H23A just not that well. Either way the F22 ecu is not an option in reality. Do some homework man because we can't do it all for you.