I have a 97 Ex coupe. A buddy of mine has a 99 SI with 77K on the motor with the basic bolt-ons. The car drives fine and he has offered to sell me his motor for $1000. I have $3500 to spend on a swap but I had planned on going GSR or Type R. Should I buy his motor and build it up or wait and get the GSR or ITR swap. I would like to stay all motor but I don't know how well I could build his motor for the remaining $2500 I would have left over. I also just thought about getting a ITR bottom end andusing that on his motor. Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks

 

dude its all a matter of how much you WANT to spend...

a full B16 for a grand is a pretty good deal

if you are looking for a GSR or ITR longblock then you are looking at 3 and 5 grand respectively, so really you cant afford either one

i would say go with the b16 and use the 2500 to mod the hell out of it...if you go with the b18 you wont have any money to mod it and you will be stuck with a stock motor...

but as always, in the end...its your choice

 

i got my gsr long block for 1600 ...i dunno i have an 00si and slapped the long block in now basically i have a 1.8L civic....but after i did it everybody told me i shoulda gone ITR or rebuilt the b16 i blew up...well if i had the money i would bought the ls bottom end and slapped my b16 head on there that was in perfect shape....if he is givving u the b16 and tranny and ecu for 1k go for it either way its a steal....damn nice.....use like 2K to build it up and 500 bux on tuning and other lil bs that way u got a nice built motor u gonna go fast....u got it tuned and maybe a couple lil goodies 2...just my .02

 

Id go boosted b16

 

thanks everyone for your input

 

Dude, thats a smokin deal, at minimum take it and turn around and sell it for 2500. That is the full swap right? If so then you have a lot of options. However, boosted b16 is a good route. Easy to get 220+ to the ground. Goodluck.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SikCivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i got my gsr long block for 1600 ...i dunno i have an 00si and slapped the long block in now basically i have a 1.8L civic....but after i did it everybody told me i shoulda gone ITR or rebuilt the b16 i blew up...well if i had the money i would bought the ls bottom end and slapped my b16 head on there that was in perfect shape....if he is givving u the b16 and tranny and ecu for 1k go for it either way its a steal....damn nice.....use like 2K to build it up and 500 bux on tuning and other lil bs that way u got a nice built motor u gonna go fast....u got it tuned and maybe a couple lil goodies 2...just my .02</TD></TR></TABLE>


how does your car feel/run now after swapping to the GSR bottom end?..thanks

 

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I've thought about that strongly but reliability is my #1 concern. My car is my only way of transportation and I really can't afford to have a car that breaks every so often. A boosted B16 would be awesome though!

 

my car feels way better...it really has a deep growl also i added IM and headers so that part of it...but i just liek displacement and hybrid and all that stuff