like everyone says its a fun car! i have one myself and its my lil commuter car i have a b16a with sk2 camgears,valvetrain,AEM FR, CAI,spoon chipped, with LS tranny i ran a 10.1 at the 1/8 yea prety slow but good for a freeway car gets me to were i need to go and quick and 4 the weekend i gots my built dc

 

Why not build the LS motor. Not to expensive and you can get some good
HP & torque numbers. If you combined this with a B16 tranny, you'ed have
a great combination. Over at Churches their doing some great things with
the LS motor and not to expensive. Good Luck!

 

i had a pr3 b16a in my DA and really loved it. i gutted the rear interior and lowered it a bit and it looked mean. ive even taken out a RSX-S on the street, with the only mods being a short ram intake, dc headers with streight piping, ZOOM 8lb flywheel, stage two clutch, and traction bars. but now its in pieces waiting for the next build, so now i have a b17 waiting to be dropped in at the moment. i dont care what anyone sez, if you know what you are doing, theres no stoppin you. i dont know about you all but i had tons of fun with my b16 DA ! ! !

 

awsome i guess i am going for the jdm b16, headers cat-delete and cai should pull preety good...i was thinking of getting my motor through ebay but i dont trust ebay too much, i wanna know a good website where i can purchase my jdm b16 anyone know of a good website?

 

yea i wouldn't trust ebay on something like a motor either

try hmotorsonline.com

 

it's not going to be any faster with the b16 than with the b18a. why waste the $ and time to even put it in? get a b16 tranny to go with the b18 and build the b18 instead.

 

dont waste your $ on a b16..

check your motor first!
you have a great motor to begin with...and honda motors are meant to take a lot of miles!

do a leak down and a compression test...and a full tune up

no reason to get rid of the motor you got now if its still healthy..

PS...ls motors loooove booost! :]

 

dont waste your money on a b16...there ****..you would be better of buying a ls motor. if money's not the issue go gsr. werd lyfe.

 

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Why waste your money buying another LS motor?????
Why did Honda even make a B16 motor if the LS is so much better?
OH WAIT. It's not.
my DA with a b16 weighs less then a 99 Civic Si.
and it's faster.....
Do you clowns go to EM1 threads and tell them to put LS motors instead???
no cause that would be stupid

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JasperDA9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Why waste your money buying another LS motor?????
Why did Honda even make a B16 motor if the LS is so much better?
OH WAIT. It's not.
my DA with a b16 weighs less then a 99 Civic Si.
and it's faster.....
Do you clowns go to EM1 threads and tell them to put LS motors instead???
no cause that would be stupid</TD></TR></TABLE>

you're right, that would be stupid, because the motors are similar enough in how they both accelerate that pulling one out and putting in the other would be pointless. a b16a isn't an upgrade over a b18b, no matter how you look at it. if the op's engine really is toast he should either rebuild his original engine or find another low mileage b18a/b. the engine itself will be cheaper and he won't have to pay for a new tranny to go with the engine, like he would with the b16.

 

I Have a b16a2 with ctr cams a ys1 b16 tranny and some other goodies, and its actually for sale you can check it out in the market place under the midwest. Its def worth it mine made around 175 whp

 

You ever seen the Sohc vtec DC? its awesome....................


at gas mileage

 

why downgrade my homie had one in his said it was gay rather go ls-v or get a b20 something that had torque but i would get a b17a cause im seeing them alot latey.There a guy in fresno asking 450 but dont knoe if he will ship

 

well i am on a budget, thats why i prefer going jdm b16 gen 1..and my motor has over 210k on it plus my transmission grinds 2nd and sometimes third plus my differential is loud when moving... i dont want too much wireing work and i want to keep all my accesories like ac power steering ect. a simple bolt-on yes i could upgrade to a gsr but im on a budget, also i could go ls/vtec but my motor is just too old it already burns oil, so rebuilding it is a must, i wanna keep it simple and cheap as possible....maybe after having the b16 in there and i find out that it wasnt worth it then i will rebuild my b18a1 and put my vtec head of the b16..

 

I love my boosted b16a DA. But I am upgrading to a sleeper ls v-tec. Just do you. If you want to go b16 then do it. But the ls v-tec would be nice too.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by I love my DB1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well i am on a budget, thats why i prefer going jdm b16 gen 1..and my motor has over 210k on it plus my transmission grinds 2nd and sometimes third plus my differential is loud when moving... i dont want too much wireing work and i want to keep all my accesories like ac power steering ect. a simple bolt-on yes i could upgrade to a gsr but im on a budget, also i could go ls/vtec but my motor is just too old it already burns oil, so rebuilding it is a must, i wanna keep it simple and cheap as possible....maybe after having the b16 in there and i find out that it wasnt worth it then i will rebuild my b18a1 and put my vtec head of the b16..</TD></TR></TABLE>

If your worried about cheap and easy bolt in and wireing and all that then just get a B20 block and throw your LS head on it. No worrying about the extra wireing of VTEC or anything and with all the extra money then you could get the B16 or GSR tranny and it would still be cheaper and probably pull on a B16 DA.

 

Ive swap a b18c ITR into my DA...Fast as hell and so much fun The weight of the DA isnt a problem I can be faster then some hatch with H22 and ITR swaps Ive ran a 13.3@105mph on my stock B18C with bolt ons on slick Good luck but you wont be to happy with the b16 in your DA...

 

i have a 92 ls v tec boosted integra and it pulls pretty dam hard vtec really pulls

 

If you are rockin a b18a ls motor...a b16a will be faster even with the stock tranny. It is probably a little less torque but more horse power. if you get a b16 or type r or gsr tranny it will definitly be fast. Or you could always just get a b18c1 or c5 and you will be cruisin. I got a 92 Da with a 96 b18c1 with a ys1 tranny soon to be lsd hopefully.. It is defintly quick. It is really your call...it isnt that much more cash

 

I would do an lsvtec conversion. You still have the torque, and gain some nice top end power; can't go wrong. If you spend the money for a nice B16 swap, you won't be happy with it. If you stick the money that you would have spent on the swap into the b18a engine, you will be faster, I gaurantee it.

 

I have an OBD0 160ps b16 in my DA9. just jdm gsr cams and exhaust. I Love it. I was in the same position, needed a new motor because the b18 was turning 250k, leaking 0il, burning oil, grinding third gear, etc. I think a b16 for the DA is a great choice. I've driven an LS, as well as a b20 with LS tranny, and a b20 with b16 tranny, and the b16 feels most refined. If you are on a budget, it is your best bet.

A B20 is good as a daily, but adding vtec to it will cost you more than you probably will want to pay. Good luck trying to rev that to 8k. It will fall flat on its face if you half-*** that. It is true that a b16 will probably not be as fast you think it would be, and it wont. ITS STOCK. b16s respond much better to modifications than Ls motors, hands down. You have so many more options in terms of going fast with the b16.

Most of the time, when a DA needs a new motor people opt for the b16 because they usually sell it with a GOOD tranny. Most DA's as they climb up in mileage WILL grind gears. While it may not be the fastest in the b-series world, its a better platform to build on, as well as the benefit of starting a build on a fresher motor AND tranny. Besides, you can always find a GSR block and make a poor mans ITR.

you fools acts like low end torque conquers all. Learn how to drive to put that "massive" torque down. then watch as the b16 DA takes over as your shifting 6.5k. b20's fall off after 4k. Ive taken the b20 with both trannys and manage to easily handle both on my b16 on most runs.


Modified by naisab18a1 at 12:51 AM 4/30/2007

 

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x2. b16's are overrated and a waste of $. i'd put that $ into rebuilding the b18a.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by naisab18a1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have an OBD0 160ps b16 in my DA9. just jdm gsr cams and exhaust. I Love it. I was in the same position, needed a new motor because the b18 was turning 250k, leaking 0il, burning oil, grinding third gear, etc. I think a b16 for the DA is a great choice. I've driven an LS, as well as a b20 with LS tranny, and a b20 with b16 tranny, and the b16 feels most refined. If you are on a budget, it is your best bet.

A B20 is good as a daily, but adding vtec to it will cost you more than you probably will want to pay. Good luck trying to rev that to 8k. It will fall flat on its face if you half-*** that. It is true that a b16 will probably not be as fast you think it would be, and it wont. ITS STOCK. b16s respond much better to modifications than Ls motors, hands down. You have so many more options in terms of going fast with the b16.

Most of the time, when a DA needs a new motor people opt for the b16 because they usually sell it with a GOOD tranny. Most DA's as they climb up in mileage WILL grind gears. While it may not be the fastest in the b-series world, its a better platform to build on, as well as the benefit of starting a build on a fresher motor AND tranny. Besides, you can always find a GSR block and make a poor mans ITR.

you fools acts like low end torque conquers all. Learn how to drive to put that "massive" torque down. then watch as the b16 DA takes over as your shifting 6.5k. b20's fall off after 4k. Ive taken the b20 with both trannys and manage to easily handle both on my b16 on most runs.


Modified by naisab18a1 at 12:51 AM 4/30/2007</TD></TR></TABLE>

b20's fall off after 4k huh? please explain this phenomenon... sure as hell don't see anything falling off at 4k. just because you have a b16 doesn't mean that's the best choice you could've made; research before posting useless comments. a b20 will easily take a b18a, no question about that. adding a b16 tranny to it would only make it faster.