H23A Swap with Auto

[JMillerUA6]

Ever since Greg posted up the price drop on the H23's on Tiger Japanese, I've been thinking about maybe purchasing a H23 in the spring and doing a swap. The miles are getting up there on the F, and I think I'm going to steer clear of boost for reliability reasons.

My basic question is what would it take to make the H23A work with my F auto tranny? Will it be a huge PITA? I'm not interested in doing a manual swap right now, and I'd plan on doing the engine swap myself with the help of some local 6GA members if they'd be willing.

Thoughts?

 

[Sketch o5]

all the trannys swap directly. i think it should work fine.

looks to be the same redline

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2QZ9EvxIwE&feature=related


and just as slow

 

[JMillerUA6]

Hmm it does appear to be a tad sluggish

 

[Sketch o5]

lol, just a tad

 

[BlkCurrantKord]

It'd be like trying to swap an OBD2 h22 in. Gonna need that oh so rare 96 lude ecu w/out immobilizer.

 

[JMillerUA6]

But if I got the ECU it would be fairly straight forward?

If the ECU is that rare, I'd probably find the ECU first, then buy the engine.

 

[BlkCurrantKord]

It is, indeed, vary rare.

 

[JMillerUA6]

Would this be it?

http://www.everdrive.com/partdetails.aspx?sku=3291780

 

[dreman]

I have not seen anyone use the P13 OBD2a Automatic ECU that would be pretty cool and looks to be the ecu you posted. You will need a OBD2B to OBD2A conversion harness to make it work, I did the same with my H22 using the 96 OBD2 h22 5spd ecu so it should work the same since you want to stay auto using the ecu you posted.

 

[Kid2000EX]

It is, indeed, vary rare.

Very rare but if you found it better buy it ASAP Justin!