well well well, it looks like you are not comapring apples to apples here. you are comapring a b16 which it looks like a pretty good factory tuned engine to a d16 which is geared more towards economy (fuel and cheaper to make). I admit i don't know too much about civic engines, but i prefer a good ole sohc non-vtec engine (like f22) and tune that. with less than 1 grand that thing can make as much power as your dohc vtec and then boost it from there.
