Decisions... H22 vs newer car

[optimusprime]

deevergote : cool dude you have been a bunch of help with this decision. It looks like I am going to get this accord. I know that car is not much of a performance oriented model. It is in excellent shape and if I don't trade it in in a couple of years it will last me.

Performance wise what do you think compared to my CB7. It is probly a decrease but is it way slower? and handleing? I just started to look on some other accord fourms about these cars so my reseach is coming along a bit slow. The ULEV is the only problem I have with it I want at least most of the performace from the CB7 in this vehicle. i plan to put intake, exhaust, springs, struts, and other mostly cosmetics but I also want a bit of performance.

[deevergote]

Put it this way... Accords get heavier as they get newer. 100 to 200lbs each model change, it seems (off the top of my head, it might not be that drastic). IMO they also aren't made as solidly. I look at newer Hondas as I look at GM and Ford cars... just not what they used to be. That's really just my opinion though, since there is nothing to really back that up.

The CB7 is the best choice of ANY car for an H22 swap, and the H22 is a wonderful choice if 200hp (with stock reliability) is what you would like. The car handles damn close to stock with the swap too, unlike a Civic, which would need some major suspension mods to not be unbearably nose-heavy. A JDM H22 can be found with about 40k on it, which is about what you would find on a newer used US model Accord.

Honestly, my advice to you would be to keep the CB7, and do the swap. You can sell everything from your CB7 that you don't need for the H22 (basically, the F22 motor and all the mods on it but the exhaust) for about $700-$800 I would think, which would cover a chunk of the swap. It would be far cheaper to swap in an H22 and replace worn parts (bushings, brake components, suspension components, etc...) than it would be to buy a new car. And that's without the added cost of modifying the new car!