Ebay Exhaust Fitment - ??
#11
F23A1 = VTEC (most LX & EX cars)
F23A4 = ULEV VTEC (ULEV California-car but not sure how that relates to LX or EX)
F23A5 = non-VTEC (Accord DX where the valvecover doesn't say "VTEC")
In more general terms, it goes like this:
F = F-series engine architecture
23 = 2.3 liters displacement
A = major version
1 = minor version
The front of the engine block has a serial# stamped into a flat spot about mid-height near the engine/transmission split line.
First line of that stamped information is the engine F23A1
Second line is the block serial #.
F23A4 = ULEV VTEC (ULEV California-car but not sure how that relates to LX or EX)
F23A5 = non-VTEC (Accord DX where the valvecover doesn't say "VTEC")
In more general terms, it goes like this:
F = F-series engine architecture
23 = 2.3 liters displacement
A = major version
1 = minor version
The front of the engine block has a serial# stamped into a flat spot about mid-height near the engine/transmission split line.
First line of that stamped information is the engine F23A1
Second line is the block serial #.
Last edited by JimBlake; 08-14-2014 at 12:14 PM.
#12
Thanks for the info JimBlake. I'll have to double check mine, but since it is a non-Cali VTEC car, it would most certainly be a F23A1.
Is the SE 4-dr the step-child of the Honda Accord world? lol
Is the SE 4-dr the step-child of the Honda Accord world? lol
#13
Somewhere between 2001 & 2014 the ULEV cars would move around the country along with their previous owners.
And nothing prevents any Honda dealer (in 2001) from swapping to get a ULEV car if some customer wanted a particular color or something. We have occasionally seen ULEV cars all over the country.
And nothing prevents any Honda dealer (in 2001) from swapping to get a ULEV car if some customer wanted a particular color or something. We have occasionally seen ULEV cars all over the country.
#14
Please note, other states, mostly in the North East, have also adopted California's emission standards, and as such, ULEV cars were the requirement not only in California, but also in New York, New Jersey (due to border state rules), and most of New England (except New Hampshire, which somehow dodges the border state rules).
#15
If I get a chance, I'll check out the engine block stamping. Would there be anything else I could look for that would alert me if my car was a ULEV car?
Thanks again for the input guys - very interesting discussion.
Thanks again for the input guys - very interesting discussion.
#20
Thanks JimBlake, mine is most certainly the first one, the NON-ULEV version.
Do you happen to have access to any more of the exploded-view diagrams that would show the rest of the exhaust? Most especially the downpipe?
Do you happen to have access to any more of the exploded-view diagrams that would show the rest of the exhaust? Most especially the downpipe?
Last edited by Mopar McNeer; 08-23-2014 at 11:14 AM.