Found what i was looking for, instead of linking i'll just post the post i was refering too, if anyone wants the link they can ask for it
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Newman
Road Racing my H22 Civic on stock suspension.... « » 2:45 PM 5/11/2002
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Ok, not entirely stock, but running Tokico HP shocks (blues), Ground Control Civic spring rates (400/300), NO sway bars, and on stock CX brakes. Took my car out to Buttonwillow the other day for Track Day (great turn out) and took my car out on the course. I had Nitto drag radials up front, crap street tires in the rear. Now for how it handled....
It actually handled pretty good. I left the car in 3rd gear for 2 straight laps and never had to down shift (had to upshift a few times) but even on tight turns, I dropped down to 2000 rpms and it pulled right out in 3rd gear like a champ. The back end was loose but expected w/out sway bars (or weight... car is completed gutted) and there was a lot of chassis roll felt (soft suspension). I had a few experienced auto-x/road race drivers drive my car as I rode shotgun... wow, they drove my car to it's fullest potential and took the turns very smoothly. After they drove, all they could say was that IT WAS FAST! One said that you couldn't use the full potential of the motor because of my suspension setup but he really enjoyed driving my car (and drove it again later that afternoon). The other person (who drives a EG hatch w/ITR swap) was also very impressed and is now seriously considering getting a H22 and ditching his ITR swap... no joke either. He had doubts before with handling & drivability on a H22 Civic so I let him take my car out of for a spin. Granted it wasn't the best handling thing with the current suspension setup but he knew that and was very impressed on how the H22 felt - and all this guy does is auto-x and road race (no drag racing for either of these guys).
That just goes to show you some first hand experience with a H22 Civic, with almost stock suspension, on a road race course. With some suspension tuning, it can be a real killer on the track.
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now, refering back to something blazed was saying, the H22 does not sit that far forward and is actuly leaning back a bit, at least in my car it is.. people say axle problems this, handleing problems that, fitmint issue's blah, but the only reason everyone b***h's is just because they cant do the work involved and sort out the things you have to think of when you do something as drastic as swaping in a motor that was never designed to go into the car your putting it in, so they say its a piece of crap and then rumours like this start
anyway, that's all i'll say about it, and i hope that there are some people out there willing to do the work involved and actuly make there own opinions instead of following the advice of people who have never even had first hand experience with what there talking about
i love my H22 swap, tons of power, tons of tourqe and lots of fun.. lots of work involved in doing the swap, but it pays out in the end in my opinion
my GSR swap wasnt nearly as fast or fun and they handle just the same