Its official, no more single cam, no vtec, been with me and the racecar for almost 20yrs, a full race car log book, 10,000+ track miles, 220,000+ total miles. The f22a1 is no longer there when I open the hood. I will miss that motor.
There is good news though. I wont miss it for long, the plan is to drop the big cam f22 into the street car. Idle with the ac on may be tricky and I will be able to hear the exhaust but I think that it will be worth it for the power.
And then then there is the hole left in the race car, what can I do, what could take the place of my previous engine. I finally conformed and went with what the other racers told me to do. I really had no choice as the big cam f series was banned from Honda Challenge H2 before it even had a chance. I found a "JDM" motor on one of the local forums, and it sounded like a good deal. It had twice as many cams as my old motor, it came with a bunch of spare parts, it was painted red and even had VeeeeeTECh written on the top of the engine.
I think you already know the answer. H22A. All I did was replace the seals, timing belt, water pump. I did use the 62mm tb, lightweight flywheel, ,lightweight crank pulley and fuel pressure regulator from the f22 build but only because I also had to use the accord fuel injectors due to the wire harness plugs. The only performance part I put on was an ebay header, granted it was a hytec knockoff.
Im pretty pleased with the results, granted I was happy before with the stock f22 performance and then with the modified f22 as well. In the past few years I have gone from; tuned stock 120whp 130tq >>>>> big cam only 143whp 136tq >>>>> cam+tb+h23manifold 161whp 141tq >>>>> H22a 185whp 147tq.
Time will tell weather or not the 6% weight increase is worth the 15% power increase. Barber motor sports park is less than a week away.
There is good news though. I wont miss it for long, the plan is to drop the big cam f22 into the street car. Idle with the ac on may be tricky and I will be able to hear the exhaust but I think that it will be worth it for the power.
And then then there is the hole left in the race car, what can I do, what could take the place of my previous engine. I finally conformed and went with what the other racers told me to do. I really had no choice as the big cam f series was banned from Honda Challenge H2 before it even had a chance. I found a "JDM" motor on one of the local forums, and it sounded like a good deal. It had twice as many cams as my old motor, it came with a bunch of spare parts, it was painted red and even had VeeeeeTECh written on the top of the engine.
I think you already know the answer. H22A. All I did was replace the seals, timing belt, water pump. I did use the 62mm tb, lightweight flywheel, ,lightweight crank pulley and fuel pressure regulator from the f22 build but only because I also had to use the accord fuel injectors due to the wire harness plugs. The only performance part I put on was an ebay header, granted it was a hytec knockoff.
Im pretty pleased with the results, granted I was happy before with the stock f22 performance and then with the modified f22 as well. In the past few years I have gone from; tuned stock 120whp 130tq >>>>> big cam only 143whp 136tq >>>>> cam+tb+h23manifold 161whp 141tq >>>>> H22a 185whp 147tq.
Time will tell weather or not the 6% weight increase is worth the 15% power increase. Barber motor sports park is less than a week away.
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