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02-16-2003, 12:41 PM

Hmmmm...the numbers are enough for me.Not to mention having driven both motors in the same car.Besides that it has a shitty R/S 1.54 compared to the B16's almost perfect 1.74,it's low 9.1:1 compression (good for boost,but not much else),along with a weak cam profile,all come together to produce a unimpressive,boring motor.Yea you can boost it,but you can boost a B16A and B18C too,with much better results.Or you can rebuild it,but then you don't have a B18A1 anymore you have whatever you built.

BTW if torque is what your after,get away from hondas,they don't have any.Drive a Camaro and then tell me a Honda has torque,haha.Not to mention the reason a B16 is a good motor in a hatch is that lots of torque is not nescessary to get it moving,so the top end is a better deal.Now don't try to say I have something against 1.8's cuz I don't I love the B18C1/4/5/7 they're great,the B18A1 however is a POS.

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02-16-2003, 12:41 PM	#1
92vx Posts: n/a	Hmmmm...the numbers are enough for me.Not to mention having driven both motors in the same car.Besides that it has a shitty R/S 1.54 compared to the B16's almost perfect 1.74,it's low 9.1:1 compression (good for boost,but not much else),along with a weak cam profile,all come together to produce a unimpressive,boring motor.Yea you can boost it,but you can boost a B16A and B18C too,with much better results.Or you can rebuild it,but then you don't have a B18A1 anymore you have whatever you built. BTW if torque is what your after,get away from hondas,they don't have any.Drive a Camaro and then tell me a Honda has torque,haha.Not to mention the reason a B16 is a good motor in a hatch is that lots of torque is not nescessary to get it moving,so the top end is a better deal.Now don't try to say I have something against 1.8's cuz I don't I love the B18C1/4/5/7 they're great,the B18A1 however is a POS.