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nonovurbizniz · 10-28-2003, 04:18 PM

I wouldn't recomend swapping in a 1.6 B... I'd take a b18a/b over a b16a/b ANY DAY... it'll have WAY more off the line power and with a turbo down the road it would MORE than blow away a b16 and it's vtec...

Try to get prices on b18c1's whether it's us or jdm...

Also I'd stay away from jdm motors... Sure lots of people get them and they're fine but there are LOTS of little issues and on top of it they (jdm motors) have generally been sitting (generally outside) for a LOT longer than a motor/tranny you get from a local junkyard... also if you do run into problems the shipping back and forth can become SERIOUS money... sometimes so much it's not even worth it to return the engine to get another...

In general though I can't imagine what would motivate someone to buy a different engine for 2k+ and not even up the displacement at all... you could through nitrous on whatever motor you have now and make more power than the b16...

If honda provided it as an engine for your chassis... it ain't powerful enough...

Hell aren't the b16b's more expensive than the gsr engine's anyway???

I'd definately recomend saving up a little bit more now to end up with a better platform... that's the whole point of a swap anyway right?

10-28-2003, 04:18 PM	#23
nonovurbizniz Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: ECUSA Age: 48 Posts: 2,693	I wouldn't recomend swapping in a 1.6 B... I'd take a b18a/b over a b16a/b ANY DAY... it'll have WAY more off the line power and with a turbo down the road it would MORE than blow away a b16 and it's vtec... Try to get prices on b18c1's whether it's us or jdm... Also I'd stay away from jdm motors... Sure lots of people get them and they're fine but there are LOTS of little issues and on top of it they (jdm motors) have generally been sitting (generally outside) for a LOT longer than a motor/tranny you get from a local junkyard... also if you do run into problems the shipping back and forth can become SERIOUS money... sometimes so much it's not even worth it to return the engine to get another... In general though I can't imagine what would motivate someone to buy a different engine for 2k+ and not even up the displacement at all... you could through nitrous on whatever motor you have now and make more power than the b16... If honda provided it as an engine for your chassis... it ain't powerful enough... Hell aren't the b16b's more expensive than the gsr engine's anyway??? I'd definately recomend saving up a little bit more now to end up with a better platform... that's the whole point of a swap anyway right? __________________ I am an A$$hole... take anything I say to heart at YOUR OWN RISK...