Originally posted by Bill
Before you jump into this I'm going to be the voice of practicality. I'd stay away from the swap. Why?
1) Have you ever worked on a Prelude engine? It's friggin' horrible. Cylinder sleeves come quickly to mind.
2) Space. You're going to have a ball when the time comes to do some routine maintenance on the car w/ that fat pig in the bay.
3) AC. It's possible to hook it up but again, it's not fun or espeically easy.
4) Heavy. 'nuff said.
5) Why go to all the trouble for some extra torque when the B-series offers drop-in simplicity, can be worked on in the bay without the need for hands the size of a baby's, and has plenty of aftermarket support to bring it to whatever level you'd like.
Bleh.
Same cylinder sleeves found in the S2K and NSX motors. I've owned an H-series motors since 1999 and I have never had problems with them.
There is plenty of room in the chassis to do a timing belt/water pump replacment. Transmission can be removed witht he motor in the car.
AC is the easiest part of the swap. HCP includes a bracket with their mount kit. You use the D-series compressor, all the lines bolt up.
Heavy? There is a thread on HT where someone goes through and weighs a D-series, B-series and H-series. H was less than 100lbs more than a B16. The power to weight ratio is work it imo.
Number 5 is self explanatory
-Mike