Honda blower motor upgrade (report)

[74Adam]

Well, I just got done installing the new motor and thought I would post the results in case anyone is interested. First of all, on the 77 and 78 the housing opening must be ground out about 1/8" to accomodate the Honda fan, Apparently the earlier years don't require this. Maybe it would be possible to use the earlier housing, I don't know. Anyway, aside from this very tedious task everything went easy. I got the motor from a guy on Ebay that already had the wiring adapted (cue jokes...lol). It was a really clean job. Anyway, after all of that I fired it up in anticipation (there is always the fear in the back of your head that it won't work at all...lol) and it worked but I must say I am a little dissapointed. It is a noticeable upgrade, but it is far from dramatic. Considering the amount of time grinding down the metal takes, I don't know if I can recommend this upgrade. On the earlier models, maybe. Wish I could say it's like a hurricane compared to before, but it ain't.