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Originally Posted by Hondasucks
Get a DOHC 2.5, replace the head gaskets with OEM along with the timing belt, the twin cam 2.5s are not as bad at blowing head gaskets as the single cam (but they're interference), and they are reliable with the newer formulation head gaskets.
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As I recall, the Head Gasket blowing 2.5's were the DOHC ones. The 2.5 on the 96-99 LGT was DOHC and was a headgasket eater...
Oh and clarification: The 1996 EJ22 may or may not be interference. Most likely, it is not. However, it will be equipped with the solid valves, not the HLA's like on the older EJ22's. The official change in the EJ22 to interference was supposedly started with the 1997 MY due to a change in the crown of the piston.