H22 engine

If there is one thing that Honda can be very proud of, it is the Honda H-Series engines particularly the h22 engine.  It is the family’s high-performer engine in the years 1990’s and early 2000’s.  It is a derivation from the F-series and it also shares many designs and features and like the rest of the 4-cylinder families of the 80’s and 90’s it has been replaced by Honda K-Series.

The h22 engine was much greatly appreciated because of its outstanding engine performance.  It had been used for several years in the different racings and had enjoyed the successes of it all.  This had been the basis for Touring car racing.  Honda had experimented and installed a lightweight chassis, such as that of Honda CRX, and use the engine for drag racing. 

The h22 engine had its debut in the U.S. in the year 1993 for use on Honda prelude with vtec engine.  Per records, vtec engine had been initially designed and launched to increase the power output of an engine.  The target was an increase of power output to 100PS/liter or more to maintain practicality in the consumer’s side.  Later on there were designs on improvements about fuel efficiency and increase on power output at the same time decreasing fuel usage.

The production of the h22 engine was also considered as the prelude’s signature highest appreciation in motor engine performance.  The production of the engine ended in 2001 and was replaced with Honda K-Series.  However, because of its unbelievable performance variations of the engine was still used in Accords in Japan and Europe.  The bore and stroke of the engine is 87.0 x 90.70 mm; Displacement is 2,157 cc; it has a Valve Configuration of DOHC, 16 valves, VTEC; Type: In-line 4-cylinder, block and head is 100% aluminum; Compression ratio is 10.0-10.6:1 in North America, 10.0-11.0:1 in Europe and 10.0-11.0:1 in Japan.  Maximum power that the engine can achieve is 185-220 hp making it the top engine in sports and coupes cars; Redline is 7200/7600 rpm; Rev cut is 7400/8000 rpm; the engine control system is Honda Systems PGF-FI with port fuel injection; the valve gear is belt-driven with dual overhead cams, 4 valves per cylinder and variable timing and lift; the versions 92-96 use a closed-deck blocks with FRM liners; the 97-01 versions had used the open-deck blocks with FRM liners.

Another Honda H-Series engine also had impressed the crowd in the same year – the h23 engine.  It was the non-VTEC version of the h22 engine and was also used in Japan, North America as well as in Europe.  It had also shared the same FRM cylinder walls with the H22.  Its bore x stroke is 87.0 x 95.0 mm; the displacement is 2,258 cc; valve configuration is DOHC, 16 valves, non-VTEC; Type: In-line 4-cylinder with aluminum block and head; Compression ratio is 9.8:1; it had a maximum power of 170 hp; maximum torque is 156ft.lbf; Redline is 6500 rpm; the engine control system is Honda Systems PGM-FI with port fuel injection and the valve gear is belt-driven with dual overhead cams, 4 valves per cylinder.