no one said that motor swaps were illegal...as long as you have a catalatic converter and a muffler they can't say shit cause it will still pass emissions...and the h22 motor is probably the best swap you could think of to do to an accord...i'm proud of my fellow honda people...another way to make it pass emissions would be to turbo it cause the turbo sucks everything from your exhaust making the air coming out a lot cleaner