H22a head on f22a6 easy swap?

[i_love_cb7]

I can get a h22a head for cheap ( 150) so i am thinking of putting it on my stock f22a6.
For the people who did this : was there any gain
How did u do it? and what do i need?

[oneoffaccord]

Re: H22a head on f22a6 easy swap?

Originally posted by i_love_cb7
I can get a h22a head for cheap ( 150) so i am thinking of putting it on my stock f22a6.
For the people who did this : was there any gain
How did u do it? and what do i need?

ill get back 2 on that later

[gloryaccordy]

If you can get an H22 crank+bearings, I think you'll have a DOHC VTEC H21. There's a thread on honda-tech.com about the swap...it looked pretty intense. But it's done, so you have that as a guide. I'd get another F22 block and put it all together.

[oneoffaccord]

Originally posted by gloryaccordy
If you can get an H22 crank+bearings, I think you'll have a DOHC VTEC H21. There's a thread on honda-tech.com about the swap...it looked pretty intense. But it's done, so you have that as a guide. I'd get another F22 block and put it all together.

my friend had a h22 head laying around cuz he was goin to do te h23block and h22 head, so one day i had a f22a block that i put a hole in, and we put he head on. we used the f22a head bolts and they all bolted up fine. so u can do it
u need the following:
h22 timing belt
h22 water pump
h22 crank gear
use the f22a manual belt tensioner (not the h22 one, auto tensioner)
i also read that u can use the h22 head gasket. i had a accord vtec head gasket from a 97 and i put it on the f22a block everything matchs up. could use that
i heard that u have to do mod the water neck that goes to the water pump to the thermostat housing, not really sure on that.
h22 distrubutor (u should already know that)
h22 intake manifold (u should already know that)
add 3 or 4 wires to the ecu. (i think its 3 or 4 cant remember)
h22 header (of course)

[i_love_cb7]

does the h22a header bolt on our stock downpipe?
how long does all this take?
How many hp gain?