Haw! someone remembers it.

I'm tearing it all down. Pulling the engine, gutting the interior. and repainting it something I can actually realistically maintain.

I painted it a 3-stage gold pearl with black ontop so it looks like an oil slick. It's nice. but now its impossible to touch up. So maybe some OEM paint code somewhere I like.

and I know my own limitations, so I want the H22A completely tore down and rebuilt, preferably naturally aspirated with ITB's. What a really want is a brand new street/track built H22 I can just buy from a respected shop I can just drop in ready to go. And just sell the one I have, or use it for spare parts. I have a goal of about 220+WHP

I have about a $5K budget for the engine, sleeved and built if that's realistic for what I want, so any recommendations would be appreciated. I just want it turn-key, i'll install it myself.

I'm going to gut the interior, and smooth it, maybe a mild roll cage. Right now i'm pretty focused on finding a reputable engine builder, i'm pretty focused on that because everything else kind of hinges around it.

I let my girlfriend drive it awhile a go because her work was only a couple miles away.....long story short. She tore it up a bit. curbed the wheels, tore off the lip, she just never drove a lowered vehicle before. A bit dinged and dented sitting in parking lots and all around a bit neglected. It runs great, but failing emissions because of the RMS replica drag header I have on it has no flex pipe. So the engine twisting back under load made the downpipe separate a bit, causing exhaust leaks. That and I completely blew out the magnaflow hi-flow cat I had in it.

having consistent passing emissions so I can register it every year with no problems is also a very firm goal. I'm considering going back to the factory exhaust just to run the direct fit OEM catalytic converter.