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x2. Yup yup like what he said.

Johnoolo

So my question is in y'all's opinion would I be better off building an ls-vtec or rebuilding a used gsr

But I plan to build whichever engine I do up

keslerbuilt

lsvtec. alot of people hate on them bc most people poorly build them and they blow. if you take your time and built it right arp head studs sandwhich plate dowl pins lsvtec ead gasket all the goodies youll be good. i did mine while i fully built mine and boosted it and its makeing 577 whp and ive had it for 2 years no major problems. i just tear it down once a year in the winter am check for problems

Jimmy

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GSR swap..

double b from wv

Idk much about the lsv, but my laymans take on it is something like this...

Honda went from the 1.6 vtec b series, and over time, culminated with the b18c5 (interga r engine). Honda and their engineers had access to all the other bseries components, and certainly tried buikdin a 2 liter vtech on the b block platform. For whatever reason, it never hit production, or as far as I know, even went through muh r&d, before they came out with the other 2 liter vtech engines. None of which utilized the b series block.

I trust hondas judgement to end b series production with the b18c5, and focus on an entirely new platform. I dont think I can best their efforts.

I have a gsr. The b18c1 can use some improvement over stock, but there is always r parts for sale if u prefer oe, and plenty thru aftermarket. And everyone jnows that thee vtec b series engine will take a beating, and still get you there every day.

Unless u want to spend the time and money, id just go c1 or c5, then bolt, build, and tune.

3rdtimecharmer

a lot of people will always say "if u build it right, a LSV can be very reliable".

thats a very big IF to me. what is more reliable than factory tune? if the engine is so great/reliable, why was it not offered by honda. it is a "frankenstein" build, it will never be as reliable as a factory stock engine.

but IF you go the hybrid swap route, why not just do a poor man type R instead of a LSV?


thats just me, some people will beg to differ.
my friend had a LSV. but it was fully built, put 10G into it, made great power; thats a different story.

but regretted it anyways and just parted it out a month later to settle for a B18C.