On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 10:51 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Scott. I'm sure you know this, but one original reason the older
> Honda engines rotated CCW: they were installed in RH drive vehicles.
>
> My K series engine rotates CW as does the WBX. Under "VOLKSWAGEN AND
> PORSCHE
> ENGINE ADAPTERS" KEP shows S2000, Prelude 2.2 - 2.3 adaptor plates. An
> email would confirm if the bolt patterns were the same for I-VTEC or
> VTEC Honda engines.
>
> The VTEC engine swap is common for older Hondas. Heck even for older
> Mini's: http://www.minimania.com/web/Item/MT510000/InvDetail.cfm
> Parts to adapt the VTEC electrical's to an older Honda are easy to
> find.
>

   Very interesting idea, swapping an older V-tech Honda motor into the
vanagon, and if Kennady Engineering has done the adaptor plates already....
   I am surprised this particular swap hasn't had some 'press' on our
forum....it seems like, unless something major works against it, that this
swap might be an outstanding match up....Honda motors are extra dependable
and they are quite fuel efficient.  One of my buddies drives those old CRX
Hondas....he gets 50mpg on the interstates and just replaces them as they
wear out, buying another for reasonable cost.
  Don Hanson