I have a project 94 hatch and cant decide whether to put the B18 or B16 in which is the better buy and what can make better power with add on's

 

i have an ls its a real strong motor ivenever had any problems out of it but if i swapped again i would do a jdm b16a

 

why? what are you looking for to get out of you r motor, cuz i want to may be go evntuall to ls vtec if i go ls

 

yeah...you could throw a B16 head on the LS and boost that bitch or throw some CTR pistons in it

 

cant go wrong any B-series

 

What's your budget, projects, and use of the car?

 

if it's a hatch b16 would be fine I guess. But if it's a coupe you need to go with a b18a/b or even with c.

B18b is a great starting platform. Personaly I stand behind them as far as a cheap swap. Turns out cheaper then b16 swap and with a right tranny it will rip them ********.

LS with b16 tranny rips

 

Stuff that is best when you got the B16
-better tranny
-famous Vtec


LS B18b
-more displacement more torque


Build any B series and you got some serious HP

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HATCHingMN &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Stuff that is best when you got the B16
-better tranny
-famous Vtec


LS B18b
-more displacement more torque


Build any B series and you got some serious HP </TD></TR></TABLE> haha he said serious HP.. that was funny. ah I had as good laugh.

 

 

hey did you do the sketch in your avatar? if you did it looks pretty bad (in a good way haha)

 

b18b ova b16a any day

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by junior40er &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey did you do the sketch in your avatar? if you did it looks pretty bad (in a good way haha)</TD></TR></TABLE>
yep, I post it in the cosmetic/appeearence section but since we-tood-did is gone at the moment so you cant see it.

 

cool it looks pretty good. I need to larn how to draw

 

b18b + b16 or gsr tranny = win.

 

I would suggest the LS, as you will have more options later for improvement. Here local more and more people are building LS/Vtecs and they are pretty quick.

 

what kinda of power can the b18 make without the vtec head?

 

b18b is a better day to day swap. Plenty of power down low and good cruising gears.

Everyone says the ls is good because you can go ls/vtec, but I say the b16 is better if you plan to go ls/vtec. It is cheaper to buy a ls block and throw some b16 pistons in than it is to buy a vtec head, ecu, and trans.

 

lsvtec all the way. but if you dont wanna go that route get a b16. i have one in my sol and they kickass

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 743power &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">b18b is a better day to day swap. Plenty of power down low and good cruising gears.

Everyone says the ls is good because you can go ls/vtec, but I say the b16 is better if you plan to go ls/vtec. It is cheaper to buy a ls block and throw some b16 pistons in than it is to buy a vtec head, ecu, and trans.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Finally someone else who thinks rationally. B16 is 10x better than an LS swap and has 10x more potential too. It's much easier to get an LS block when you have a b16 so you can reuse the head and tranny rather than having an LS swap and having to buy a b16 tranny and head.

 

what ecu and wiring harness would you need to run ls block / si head in a ek
(dont wanna thread jack but rather ask here than make another thread on the same subject diff generation..)

 

go ls and then buy a b16 head and put a 3mm gasket on it and boost it or juice it.... you will love it

 

all motor LS without vtec can lay down some serious power. Vtec head isn't critical to making power on LS. There are planty people putting down the same numbers with built LSs as most guys with b18c.

 

if you have the money and patience, buy a complete b16 and get a LS block with some itr or b16 pistons in it and transfer everything from the b16 over. then u have a semi built LS VTEC. but if you dont have the money just do the LS swap

 

if you don't want too much work get either a b16 or b18 compared to a ls vtec. but the ls has mad torque