I spent $2000 this weekend....

[iamme]

the H22A has a few turbochargers and supercharger kits you can look into. i'm not a hardcore car guy, so i'm not sure how it'd fit into your engine bay.

 

[NutBucket]

Car has already got a full suspension under it, Tokico Illumina shocks, matching 1.25" lowering sport springs and a pair of Suspension Techniques sway bars. Once I get some real wheels/tires (I still want to smoke some people on stock 14's w/ wheel covers😉) it should handle even better.

Bought it from Honda Motors Online which is local to me so I was able to go pick it up. I'll be doing the install myself with the help of a couple friends of mine. I thought about turbo for a while but I don't have the time to do it. This is my daily driver so I can't have it on blocks for a month while we make the piping for the turbo. Instead I'll prolly keep this car all-motor; cams, etc. We'll see what happens with it....

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
H22A-14b5-44-11-aa, HUT! HUT!

It's a freakin' bumblebee motor. I assume you have the Fart Can Exhaust that goes with it?

Hater.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Nice pics...what camera was that?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: HeroOfPellinor
Nice pics...what camera was that?

CoolPix something or other😛 (not mine, I have a S200)

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: Trinitron

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: MichaelD
H22A-14b5-44-11-aa, HUT! HUT!

It's a freakin' bumblebee motor. I assume you have the Fart Can Exhaust that goes with it?

200hp out of a 2.2 4-banger with good mileage

You gotta rev that ting to 8 grand to get all 200 HP and don't you think for a second that if you drive around shifiting at 7 or 8 grand that your gas milage will be good at all. The milage will suck, the Honda boys calculate their milage shifting low probobly around 3-4 grand and DO NOT have a heavy footy, at 3-4 grand you are looking at probobly 140 hp...

What does that mean then? What engine produces peak power @ 3-4k RPM??!?!? This is often peak torque land for larger cap motors, but peak power? Never.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: DivideBYZero

Originally posted by: Trinitron

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: MichaelD
H22A-14b5-44-11-aa, HUT! HUT!

It's a freakin' bumblebee motor. I assume you have the Fart Can Exhaust that goes with it?

200hp out of a 2.2 4-banger with good mileage

You gotta rev that ting to 8 grand to get all 200 HP and don't you think for a second that if you drive around shifiting at 7 or 8 grand that your gas milage will be good at all. The milage will suck, the Honda boys calculate their milage shifting low probobly around 3-4 grand and DO NOT have a heavy footy, at 3-4 grand you are looking at probobly 140 hp...

What does that mean then? What engine produces peak power @ 3-4k RPM??!?!? This is often peak torque land for larger cap motors, but peak power? Never.

Horsepower peak is about 7200 I belive. Torque band is fairly flat actually but it peaks about 5200.

 

[NTB]

Looks like an interesting project . I'm going to be doing something similar sooner or later, except that I'm going to opposite way: I've got a good engine; what I need is the rest of the vehicle 😛 . I wrecked a '93 Blazer S-10 last month - bent the frame toward the front and screwed up the front axle - but the engine and the rear end appear to be in good shape. So my dad and I are keeping our eyes open for anything that will accept a Chevy 4.3L V-6; preferably another 4x4 Blazer/Jimmy. Hmm...should I be disappointed that an engine w/ nearly 2x the displacement and two additional cylinders produces exactly the same amount of power? 😛 (Sorry, Don't know that much about mechanical work; I'm learning as I go on this one. Fortunately my dad and a few of his friends do know what they're doing.)

Nate

 

[blahblah99]

Good luck with the transplant.. I have all the respect for people who do their own work and not pay some shop to do all the work then brag bout it.

 

[BatmanNate]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: MichaelD
H22A-14b5-44-11-aa, HUT! HUT!

It's a freakin' bumblebee motor. I assume you have the Fart Can Exhaust that goes with it?

200hp out of a 2.2 4-banger with good mileage

The mileage ain't so hot if you actually rev it up high enough to get those advertised HP numbers. That's what I dislike about hondas (other than their anonymity) is that what there is of the power is too far up in the RPM band. I mean, if you wanted a fast car, you could buy something faster for 2 grand. Gotta have a hobby I guess...

 

[blahblah99]

I'm contemplating to spend $4k on a turbo kit for my car. 😛

 

[TonyG]

Come on, have a little fun and build a go-kart powered by that thing. Would be fun to run around on beating the snot out of ricers with. Just think of the looks they would give you when your floored it in your go-kart and left them 2 blocks back. Hehe

 

[DDCSpeed]

You got yourself a deal. Dont you need a new transmission to go with that anyways?

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
2 grand for a used honda 2.2? phew. good luck to you

Yeah, I wonder what chop shop it came from? 😀

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: DDCSpeed
You got yourself a deal. Dont you need a new transmission to go with that anyways?

Nope. The tranny that came with the car would bolt right on. Some people do it that way but the difference in ratios makes a difference.

 

[jjessico]

200 horsepower, IIRC the prelude ran 14's stock.

Got a source for that. I'm thinking higher.

Jason

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: jjessico

200 horsepower, IIRC the prelude ran 14's stock.

Got a source for that. I'm thinking higher.

Jason

Stock 'lude was low 15's. Minor mods would usually drop you into high-mid 14's.

 

[jjessico]

Got a source for those times? I keep a spreadsheet of verified times with sources for old cars, but nothing new.

Jason

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: dtyn

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: MichaelD H22A-14b5-44-11-aa, HUT! HUT! It's a freakin' bumblebee motor. I assume you have the Fart Can Exhaust that goes with it?

200hp out of a 2.2 4-banger with good mileage

once vtec engages~ prelude engines fly~

As long as they're not in a car that weighs a metric ton (i.e. a prelude)

2200lbs? I thought the Prelude weighed more.

 

[slikmunks]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
I don't even know why I bother posting here sometimes. If I said I spent $2k on a Mugen bodykit I can understand criticism and bashing. If I said I bought a wing and some "Z3" style fenders, I could see that. But I go out and buy a true performance mod and still get bashed. Some enlightened people we are

:disgust:

if you don't want flames, sometimes you've just gotta go.... "i just bought a chevy smallblock, and am in the process of putting a supercharger on it and dropping it into my (insert domestic car here)"

sad sometimes... so sad *tear*

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: jjessico

200 horsepower, IIRC the prelude ran 14's stock.

Got a source for that. I'm thinking higher. Jason

Yea, it is higher...most Prelude SH's ran around a 7.7 0-60 and a 15.5 1/4.

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: dtyn

Originally posted by: isekii

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: MichaelD H22A-14b5-44-11-aa, HUT! HUT! It's a freakin' bumblebee motor. I assume you have the Fart Can Exhaust that goes with it?

200hp out of a 2.2 4-banger with good mileage

once vtec engages~ prelude engines fly~

As long as they're not in a car that weighs a metric ton (i.e. a prelude)

2200lbs? I thought the Prelude weighed more.

ACK! I'm on drugs...point being, Prelude is too heavy for that engine to make it fast.

 

[jjessico]

carpoint.com lists a 2000 Prelude around 3,000lbs.

Jason

 

[d33pt]

why'd you spend 2 grand on a dirty old engine?

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: d33pt
why'd you spend 2 grand on a dirty old engine?

The same reason you spend $200 on a shiny XP, to make it faster.