nah man, the 97-01 motor is not stronger....his best bet is to get a jdm h22a for like 1200 bucks....1800 if he needs the whole swap.....as for the motor mounts, i think it depends on the engine he has now....because the h22 and h23 have the same block, the only difference is the h23 has a bigger stroke, so it would make sense if he has the h23 in there now that the mounts would be the same, but if he has the f22 motor in there, then i dont know...