Is anyone on here building or has built a DOHC Non-Vtec B18A/B motor, is it worth it or is it better to go Turbo?

Glenn

 

lots of people have built them and are currently building them such as myself....boost ull make more power and itll probably be cheaper....is it as fun or rewarding in my eyes it isnt....im hoping to make somewhere around 140 whp when im done

 

Yeah, I have a goal set of about 150-180whp, I guess turbo is the cheapest and easiest way. The only thing is I don't think I'll get those numbers becuase My 97 LS is an Auto, I know, Swap to 5spd, I would but don't got the funds and can't really find a decent trans with everything to do the swap here in Hawaii. Hopefull it can make some power on 5-6 PSI on my auto LS. I know I'm gonna get flammed but who cares.

Glenn

 

with an auto it would be better to first take care of the transmission especially with high miles, this would be a goot time to find an auto b16 trans or even a gsr auto trans with an LSD if it's available.

Without getting into higher compression or more displacment a supercharger would be the cheapest and depending on your cars setup best mod for boost as it gives the car much needed around town power.

 

Well, I have about 63,000 miles on the auto trans is that still high mileage? I was thining of putting a better torque converter in like the Level10 Torque converter, you guys ever heard of them? Also I've seen some Automatic JDM GSR trannies on Ebay, but never saw a Auto B16 trans yet, would the JDM GSR or B16 Automatic trans work with the B18B motor, or do I need the JDM ECU and TCM? Supercharger doesn't seem like a bad idea, I might think about that instead of Turbo, how about a full JDM GSR motor and auto trans swap? Or LS/Vtec with an auto JDM GSR trans? Just thinking about stuff to do.

Glenn

 

Trying to do 180-200 with my all motor b18b


https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1256879

 

Theres some guy on here making 170whp with his b18a/b I forget which one. Maybe it's the guy above me?

 

Realisticly though I probably wanna be pushing less than 180whp, more like 150-165whp, is this achievable with just a bolt on turbo lit tuned or would it be more if its tuned, I wanna run about 5-7psi daily driven.

Glenn

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by michaelOlson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Theres some guy on here making 170whp with his b18a/b I forget which one. Maybe it's the guy above me?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think the guy your talking about is Hybrid_Vtec

 

dont waste your money on an auto b16 tranny because i am almost positive that all the b series auto trans are the same.

 

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It was just a thought, but I'll take your word for it, thanks for that info.

Glenn