Lucky Junkyard Find

[WI_Zoe]

Ran into this at the junkyard earlier today...

it says F22a1 but is there any way to find out what head is that?? what would you pay for this?

[baracuda]

that looks like a motor from a member on here dont know his name but i have seen that vaule cover

[C91BLX7]

Could be H23/F22B/F20

[MikeW]

Yeah, i was gonna say, thats a frank motor.

[WI_Zoe]

is it worth buying from the looks of it??

[C91BLX7]

No. Probably has water in it.

[93accordexcoupe]

intake manifold looks mint

[MikeW]

How much is it?

If its cheap, id buy it. Or tear off what you need/want.

[benji]

There should be stamps on the head that have the ECU code for the engine... For instance, my H22A has P13 stamped on the head, on the intake mani, on the exhaust mani, and the block. It's a handy way of identifying parts when you just find them. So, I'd look around for stamps like that. P14 would be H23A, F22B would be P39. Good luck!

[mj213]

It's a DOHC for sure.

[Warudakumi]

If you have plans on rebuilding it, then by all means buy it. Some people like to swap engines from right out of the junkyard untested (well some jdm swaps are lemons too) but a reputable shop wouldn't sell one like that. At a pick n' pull yard, you are the one responsible for what you are buying. A couple of things you can try to see if it is even worth buying would be turning the crank to see if it moves freely. If it doesn't, there could be a chance the motor seized somehow. (internal damage, thrown rod, nitrous melted/welded pistons, seized bearings etc. that can't be seen until the motor is taken apart)

You could also pull the valve cover off and check to see if it's semi-clean or untaken care of dirty bronze (oil sludged filled). I've noticed some people go as far as taking the whole motor out and at least seperating the headto check it carefully. Remember there is a reason why that car is at the junkyard to begin with. If the car body looks good and doesn't look like it's been in a accident, then chances are the reason why the car there is because the motor is toast.

[WI_Zoe]

If you have plans on rebuilding it, then by all means buy it. Some people like to swap engines from right out of the junkyard untested (well some jdm swaps are lemons too) but a reputable shop wouldn't sell one like that. At a pick n' pull yard, you are the one responsible for what you are buying. A couple of things you can try to see if it is even worth buying would be turning the crank to see if it moves freely. If it doesn't, there could be a chance the motor seized somehow. (internal damage, thrown rod, nitrous melted/welded pistons, seized bearings etc. that can't be seen until the motor is taken apart)

You could also pull the valve cover off and check to see if it's semi-clean or untaken care of dirty bronze (oil sludged filled). I've noticed some people go as far as taking the whole motor out and at least seperating the headto check it carefully. Remember there is a reason why that car is at the junkyard to begin with. If the car body looks good and doesn't look like it's been in a accident, then chances are the reason why the car there is because the motor is toast.

Thank for the info

[wed3k]

the upper end is worth taking.

or get the entire motor and rip in it...i sold my set of crank and rods for 100 bucks. used the oil pan and 20 bucks to buy me a 4bidden shifter.

i also use the heads as cores for rebuilding. (f22's at least)

[TypeG]

what JY is that? i'd at least grab that intake manifold. you should be ble to sell that pretty easy on here. later.

[xprojectcb7x]

i would buy it. it couldnt be that much and you could make your money back easy just from the parts off of it.