H23A vtec swap into 02 EX MT

btr24evr

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On a side note.

I picked up complete front and rear knuckles w/ all the brake components in great shape off a 2001 TL at the local salvage yard. Also got the front and rear sway bars and strut tower bar. Everything for about $220. Should be a nice little upgrade in the braking and suspension department.

Oh, and I scored a set of 17" 5-lug TSX wheels on Craigslist for $60. They all have pretty bad curb rash so I'm in the process of doing some restoration. Just need some tires.
 

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Here in Washington state you can waive emissions for $150. I would look into what you can do because a p28 would make your life a hell of a lot easier
 

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Are you planning on getting it barred? If you are, you'll also need to make sure you have the cat that goes along with the engine. When I got mine barred, they looked at everything, ecu, even the evap canister as that also has to come from the H engine. It took me 3 rounds to finally get mine barred.

The only problems I ran into when I got mine barred was that the rywire adapter for some reason didn't have a pin out for the evap sensor, which kept throwing a P1457 code after every driving cycle reset.

If you just do the swap and try to pass emissions w/o getting barred, you're going to have to hope the person doing your emissions doesn't know that the car has been swapped with a different series engine, otherwise they may have you head straight to a state ref.
I'm assuming you've swapped an H22A4? If so, did you use the Accord or Prelude wire harness? Trying to figure out which way is easier for a total and legal swap.

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