You have it partly right. That car looks a lot like mine for obvious reasons, it is my car
The car didn't belong to me then. If you go look where I posted the pics of the car on here, it explains the whole story. I have no idea why Leo went with the LS motor, but I can tell you why I went with it again after the last one blew up. When(and if) you pop the hood, the LS motor seems less threatening than any other one....VTEC is supposed to be god. When someone sees the LS turbo engine, they think less of it than say a B18C1 turbo. It's also a lot cheaper. I picked this engine up from a guy I had never met before for $650. It was out of a 99 LS with 30k on it. The trannies are also better for boosting because of the longer gears allowing for more spool up time. The white rims are Advan RG's. I didn't want those though, even though they are JDM and badass, they were too big(17's)