Hi every body, my 99 accord lx 2dr, 5sp, has 230,000 miles on it, it burns 1qt of oil every 300 miles, it think the ring could be worn out. Anyway i want to do a engine swap with something a little more power than the stock one. Is there any easy swap that doesn't require much of fabrication to fit it in my car and still pass emission ? I'm interest in a F20B 2.0 DOHC, any body knows anything about this swap ?

 

I have a f20b, its more problems than its worth. Finding parts can be hard and there is little information about it.

You could swap for a H22a/a1/a4. Its a lot more straight up, has been done a million times, and a lot of parts available for it.

You will have problems with inspection/emissions with any of these engines though. You can forget running the f20b with an obd2 ecu, and an h22 will be expensive to do so. There was only 1 year that the h22 came with an obd2 ecu without an immobilizer, so those ecus are in high demand at $500-600 a piece.

 

Sounds like i better off just replace it with a stock one and save the money and time right ?

 

It certainly would be a lot cheaper. You could even rebuild yours and throw some aftermarket parts in to make some power and still have it done cheaply. Or just put a stock replacement in and turbo it, the F series can handle a serious amount of boost.

 

How much boost can the stock engine handle ? 5-7 psi ? And how much power can i gain from it do you think ?

 

7-8 is considered the "safe" amount for a stock engine. I have seen people run 12 or so for long periods of time without issue. 8psi would put you in the 200-220whp. 12psi would be in the 250-270whp.

 

Thanx for your info :-)

 

My vote is for finding a low mileage replacement stock engine at a junkyard and boosting it

 

I'll have to find a low mileage stock engine and swap it when i have the time. Now 1 more thing i need to know is since mine is a 99 4cyl vtec LEV, what other year will the motor fit in the car directly ? Looks like 98-02 are very similar but what are the interchanging abilities ?

 

you have a f23 engine. Just find any f23 and swap it