t-blizzard

I'm looking to purchase a 1999 usdm b18c1 complete swap with 17k miles with papers for $2,700. I was wondering if this is a good price, and what do they usually go for??? -Thank You

couter.net

Thats really really good with that low milage its a steal make sure nothings is wrong tho.

Phaze2 Mike

WOw, nice price, if the motor is in good condition that is prob one of the best ones i have heard of.

t-blizzard

k, coo, nah its all good, its be compression and leakdown tested. all positive, its from a totaled gsr the guy got from a auction.

SergEK

Thats about a G back from the usaul price for a newer USDM GSR motor.

Nice find

t-blizzard

how about 1998 B18B Complete Swap under 20k miles for $1,500?

eg6sir-s

stick with the gsr and you'll never regret it...forget the b18b...unless your trying to sell it yourself?

t-blizzard

im going turbo, so from what i have researched...i saw that the b18b was the more favorable engine to boost.

fire7882

LS has weaker rods and needs to be rebuilt to go much past 8 lbs. The tranny also sucks. I would go with the gsr.

t-blizzard

Well from what I read using the search on this site, most people prefered b18b over b16a and b18c. And all I asked was if that price is good, ls complete swap for $1,500. That was all I wanted to know, thank you...

fire7882

I would go ls if you were to rebuild everything. Otherwise, i would stick with the gsr. That is a good price on both motors.

t-blizzard

Ok...thanks man, I plan on rebuilding the ls, so that is why I see it as an ideal engine for boosting as well as cost effecient.

Hatchy-Ownzjo0

Bull ****.. why boost with no vtec when you can boost WITH vtec? You will have more money to spend on the LS though.. it is really up to you.. but an LS is not neccessarily "better" for boosting.

BackSideSA

yea but a basically stock LS motor with a little bit of work boostin to the sound of 12 sec 1/4's on street tires is pretty appealing, not to mention full interior and female driven. Shamois owz joo!

fire7882

I'll be getting an ls block when i boost but i don't have enough courage to boost it stock. Maybe i could buy 2 blocks and have one for back up. I do like the idea of cheap power though.

t-blizzard

never said it was better, I said it was most "favorable" on this site from what I've searched so far. Not being bias towards any engine, and hope you aren't being either. Here's another question for you unbiased people out there , between the two for boosting, both planning to get built. Which would you recommend, yes this topic has be reviewed a trillion times as I found on search. I hear so many different answers, but all I'm saying is I saw from honda-tech peoples point of view that the b18b was the most favorable engine for boosting, thats all. I wasn't stating one is better than the other, just telling you what I have decided to go with and why and my resources are honda-tech search.

BackSideSA

now the question is what kind of turbo set up to use???

i would really like to hear everyones opinio

VTECVillain

That's a really good price. I paid $3750 shipped for my 99 B18C1 full swap with 14K about 2 years ago. It came with everything, a lot of extra parts too that most people don't get: entire engine and cabin harness uncut, catalytic converter, 95 OBDI P72 ECU, full shift linkage with shifter, A/C compresor with lines, power steering pump with lines, 6 month warranty, legit receipt (see HMO ), etc. If you are getting a full, or near full drop out swap for that price then I wouldn't hesitate.

t-blizzard

well its with papers and everything, complete swap including: engine, tranny, mounts, wiring harness, ecu, axles. Its legit, no midnight special type of deal.

00fbp

volk ce28n,
where are you getting those engines from? im looking for either a b16a2 or a b18c1 to go into my cx in the near future. that price sounds good for the b18c1.

JDM_Sol

good prices on both those engines....buy em....

t-blizzard

from a friend of mine.

Heath

Wow! That sounds like a great price on both motors. I'd go with the GSR for sure.

DCStreetHtch

if you aren't looking to simply save money by getting the ls swap then buy that and spend what is the difference of buying the gsr on building the bottom end. this is what i would do. so with the extra 1200 bucks or so make the ls capable of handleing some good boost and maybe work on fuel, you'll have quite the set-up. thats my input since i didn't see it brought to the table yet.
-Bryan-

t-blizzard

thats what i was planning on