well the prelude engine is a 2.2l dohc vtec. i drove quite a few preludes and they by far beat the hell out of the old f22's(accord engines). i had the intake/exhaust and ignition on my accord. also you might wanna look into a
www.levelten.com torque converter, they are supposed to be good, and minimize drivetrain losses. theother route, besides the h22 engine would be turbo the accord engine ( they are monsters for boost)