I'm getting ready to do a motor swap coming up pretty soon and I'm probably going to end up doing an H22 just like everybody else. But, if it can be done within reason, I'd like to do an F20B DOHC VTEC motor. I've never seen one in an Accord in the states much less a 4th gen(would love to be proven wrong). My question: I don't exactlt know when they began manufacturing these motors for the Japanese Accords but all I've seen on the internet are OBD-2 so I'm guessing if I were to do this swap I'd need to swap to OBD-2. Is there any way around this such as using an adaptor from Skunk 2 or something similar? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I'm guessing the head is pretty much an H22A head. Are the exterior bolt patterns the same? The reason I'm asking is because I'd eventually want to swap on a Euro-R intake manifold. Thanks a lot for the help.
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Re: OBD-2 conversion
The F20B is from JDM 1997-2000 Accord SiR and SiR-T. The SiR-T is the prefered engine as it comes with a 5-Speed and 200hp.Originally posted by Jarrett
I'm getting ready to do a motor swap coming up pretty soon and I'm probably going to end up doing an H22 just like everybody else. But, if it can be done within reason, I'd like to do an F20B DOHC VTEC motor. I've never seen one in an Accord in the states much less a 4th gen(would love to be proven wrong). My question: I don't exactlt know when they began manufacturing these motors for the Japanese Accords but all I've seen on the internet are OBD-2 so I'm guessing if I were to do this swap I'd need to swap to OBD-2. Is there any way around this such as using an adaptor from Skunk 2 or something similar? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I'm guessing the head is pretty much an H22A head. Are the exterior bolt patterns the same? The reason I'm asking is because I'd eventually want to swap on a Euro-R intake manifold. Thanks a lot for the help.
It is identical to the Prelude Type-S engine only it has been destroked to 2.0L.
It has been swapped into several 4th and 5th gen Accord's only most end up converting the engine to OBD-1 and upgrade to more expensive engine management like Hondata or AEM EMS.
There are harnesses to convert from OBD-1 to OBD-2 should you really want to do this they just aren't as common.
It's much more expensive then an H22A and really not worth it my opinion. You would be better off with a JDM H22A + bolt-ons then that engine, plus it would be cheaper.
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