what's so great about a b16a?

[nonovurbizniz]

If I were going to swap there's no way I'd get one of those...

I'd get a b18a/b before I got the b16... it's utterly torqueless which is my biggest gripe with my d... you could make a dseries MUCH faster than a swaped b16 with the same money spent... and it would be less work... you'd be closer to pushing the limits of the block and maybe sacraficing some reliability... but given the option I wouldn't put a b16 in my car for just about anything...

having said that... they are very reliable and relatively stout... Many people run stock internals with decent amounts of boost...

Once built they can make incredible power... but still with the no torque... even with a stroker kit they won't have the same powerband as a b18a or b... I'd definately prefer a b18 over a b16...

H22 I feel is too heavy (not much more heavy than a bseries) and WAY too much torque... All I here about is NO traction in anything but ideal conditions... and even then you can burn rubber hitting vtec easy... I'm all for power and all but if it's unusable power it's pointless... and I also don't like the permanance of a h22 swap... if anything goes wrong with your block you have NO option other than swapping in another h series... you can't go back to b or d without rewelding a tranny mount ear on... (it needs to be cut and a new hole drilled in order to mount the h22)