Hey guys, i just bought a prelude like a week ago...its a 93 si with a h23 with 210,300 miles on it...it runs great, but there are somethings that i dont like about it, such as the custom exhaust, its WAYYY too loud..i dont like the sound of it, and am thinking about replacing it with a name brand exhaust (HKS or APEX'i) anyway, and it has a REALLY short ram intake, like maybe 5 in. off the throttlebody..and probably gonna replace that also (AEM) all this work being done after i get a new motor, but as for the setup i have, i wanna know if u guys think its pretty good...need opinions whether there bad or good..just need to know what i need to do..i've had a couple modified cars, but never really got too much into the suspension stuff...or didnt know too much about it..but now im trying to actually learn stuff, so help me out...here it is...

i have DC sports headers, 2.5" custom cat-back exhaust,gas tokico illumina 5 way adjustables shocks with eibach sport springs lowered 1.75" in front 1.5" in rear. shaved and rebuilt head, new falken zx512 tires.. so i guess what im really asking is....the suspension is it too low?? cause i scrape virtually everywhere i go, and my headers are dented on the bottom..i plan on replacing everything in the engine bay, so not really too worried about the intake, exhaust, or headers

 

nah its not to low you just gotta start driving a little more careful dont go racing around town just cuz you got a new import watch for things, take care of the car more..

 

well no i havent scraped it up too much and i wasnt the one to dent the headers, but i can go over a dip in the road goin 3 mph and the plastic bottom gaurd scrapes still...believe me i dont race around town, i've already gotten into too much trouble with the law on my bike..haha, but thanks.

 

anymore opinions? how bout this, anyone know where i can find a decent priced h22a4 or h23 with not too many miles on it??

 

im lowered at 2.0ish all around, only thing i scrape is my mudflaps, sense i just put them back on because i like the look and tried of mud on the side of my car, but i usually take things very slow , or i angle the car and take it, you'll get use to avoiding the scapedge, but very high angled driveways are a no no for me, scraped my exhaust pretty nice..

but when i was stock hieght, i scraped the protective plastic gaurd a good few times, thats normal because it hangs a little lower than the car, i wouldnt worry about that part.

i could get a frankenstiend f22a/h23 for around 1k ish..or a f22a/h22a1's for around that price,,basically rebuilt, installed and garunteed to run flawless.

your suspension setup sounds nice, good drop and good shocks n springs.

 

cool thanks i appriciate it...and about the motor, is a f22 a good motor? whats the difference between a f22 and h22?

 

well, the f22a is a single cam, h22 dohc. f22a1 is non vtec motor, h22-vtec, has a lot less hp, but the trans has a hell of a lot longer gearing in the f22a...i have the f22a1, thing is a beast, got turbo ready to go on it, just need more tinkering..id say its a good motor, well any motor is a good motor really, just depends on how you take care of it hehehehe....basically the engines are based on the f22a bottom end with the h22a head, and same with the f22/h23, f22a bottom end - h23 head...

 

2.5" exhaust is pointless with a DC header. don't waste your money on an F22 you'll produce less power than you currently make. Looking into an H22, if you cannot afford the full swap you can purchase a complete longblock (make sure you get the ecu) and bolt up your H23 tranny to it. 92-93 Prelude's were pre-wired for VTEC and the swap can eaisly be completed in 1 day. If you have any questions shoot me a PM.

-Mike

 

then what size should my exhaust be?? i plan on putting a Apex'i or hks exhaust on it...

 

get a magniflow, they arn't too loud and look very nice