to build or not to build.....

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sxyhnda

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so i've been wanting something a little more potent in my stock accord. nothing too crazy or boosted, just a little something more. i have an old F22A4 layin in my back yard just taking up space. i believe it has a broken rod, and i think it's locked up. would it be worth it to build this motor using the block as the base, or should i just go shopping for an H22?
 
Well what kind of build are you talking about here? What would you plan on doing with it?
 
like i said i don't want nothing radical. if i do go for the H22 i would just swap it straight, bone stock with no mods. around 200 horsepower would be all i'm looking for. but if i can build the F22 block to somewhere up to that level with reasonable ease and fairly cheap then i could go that route too. i know i can build the bottom end of the F22 and bolt on an h22 head and come out with a fairly decent motor, but if it is cheaper/easier just to do an h22 swap then i won't even bother with the F22. i'm just kinda brain storming ideas right now and any input helps.
 
Well, I think you're going to be hard pressed to make 200 horses on an H22 with just bolt-on mods. You'd probably have to crack the head open and do some machine work, fairly aggressive cam, maybe bump the compression a bit. After-market parts like pistons and cams for the F22 are actually fairly expensive, so I'd say just go for the H22 swap right off the bat...
 
yea i meant 200 at the crank of the H22. and yea i've heard its a bit expensive to build an F22 block to H22 levels.... but i'm lookin at a shit ton of money either way so it looks like i've got some saving to do
 
^ I think he meant what the motor makes stock, 200 at the crank I believe.

Right, yeah I know. But still, you're asking for a 55 horsepower gain. You'd still need probably a cam and some head work and tuning, or some seriously good quality bolt-ons...
 
No, no, what he means is he will be happy with the 200bhp, he never said he wanted 200whp. But yes it would take more than bolt-ons to make 200 at the wheels.
 
No, no, what he means is he will be happy with the 200bhp, he never said he wanted 200whp. But yes it would take more than bolt-ons to make 200 at the wheels.

Right, I understand that. It's still gonna take more then bolt-ons to take an F22 to 200 crank horsepower. What's an H22 put down on a dyno? 160-170ish horsepower? If an F22 makes 145ish bhp, then it's probably putting down 110-120ish horses to the wheels, so he's looking for a 40-50 horsepower gain, which probably won't happen without a cam at least...
 
ok let me clear the confusion. i'm considering buying an H22 straight and just swappin it in. or i have an F22 that is blown that i can build. i would do the rods pistons and most likely use a DOHC head, possibly from an H22. i was just wondering how expensive it is to do such a build on an F22, and would it be cheaper to just go out and buy an H22? and for the record, i have and F22 A4, which makes 130 bhp. : )
 
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