B16A head same as a B18C5 head?

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Dec 5, 2003 | 07:28 AM

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B16A head same as a B18C5 head?

I'm not talking about internals, just the head itself, are they the same mold and flow design?

Dec 5, 2003 | 08:33 AM

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Re: B16A head same as a B18C5 head? (Home Skillet)

There the same casting number. I would rather have the B16 head just for the fact that its cheaper & really not that much diff. for the price.

Dec 5, 2003 | 08:37 AM

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Re: B16A head same as a B18C5 head? (SilverEk3dr)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SilverEk3dr »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There the same casting number. I would rather have the B16 head just for the fact that its cheaper & really not that much diff. for the price. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, and I have always heard that you can port a B16 head better than you can port a Type R head. May not be correct its just what I have heard

Dec 5, 2003 | 04:12 PM

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Re: B16A head same as a B18C5 head? (Home Skillet)

The two are the same cast, but the type r head has already been ported. If you plan on doing work to the head i would recommend buying a B16, the only reason i say this is because most good quality machine shops will not touch a type r head do to the fact that Honda has already ported it, and do not want to take the chance of screwing up the head.