So guys, I'm probably picking up a ek coupe in the next week or two, I plan on doing a swap...and here are the conditions.

The car already had a h22, it has hasport h22 mounts and all that..the motor was blown so I am getting a rolling chassis.

Should I...

A) Get another h22 and rock it for about 2800ish w/ an LSD tranny from Hmotorsonline

B) Do a B20 vtec, mind you I'll have to buy new mounts, a tranny, and also a head...the b20 goes for 649 on Hmotors, so 650 plus about 600 for a tranny...a gsr head which I dont know what they go for but I'm figuring like 400 in good condition, if not more....so we're sitting at 1650...also I'd do the golden eagle crvtec kit so there is another 300.....and a mount kit for a bseries can range around 450 so we're now at 2100...but b20s have weak sleeves..as do h22s

C)..my last and final option...k20, type s...I know how to get it done for about 4k...the whole swap, in the car....i know everyone is gonna say OMFG Do0D DO k20...MAD VTECHZ YO...but put it like this...h22 = 200hp 160ftlbs....I dont know numbers on stock b20vtecs but I'd like to know if anyone wants to put that in (I'm gonna search anyhow)...I know there is a wow factor w/ k20s but yeah just tell me what you guys think, and for the flamers who want to say "DO WHAT YOU WANT, WHO CARES WHAT WE THINK!?!?) I'm trying to get a consensus from a technical point of view...and to those who respond..TY....

 

if it was me just a h22 again because it would be easier. but if you know how to put a k series in than do that.. watever floats ur boat

 

Well im not a fan of the h22. My buddy bought one and it keeps messing up on him. but my other buddy has b20 vtech and that thing is a beast. It ran a 13.8 stock in his hatch

 

bump for more opinions

 

k series, for that price you can go wrong..and you can sell your mounts to help offset the cost. And may i ask what this car is going to be used for?

 

eh it was gonna be used for a 96-00 coupe..but its a salvage title and someone was trying to tell me you cant register a salvage title and drive it on the street?

 

i would do the h22 again.

 

I would go H22 since the car is already set up for it....If you wanted to spend some more money I would go K series.....But the H22 should make that car rip...

 

h22 bcuz you'll save alot and get the same amount of power output...plus you get the LSD...with the money left over you can get more parts for your ride...

 

to go back from H22 you have to reweld in the passenger mount, and the shift hump. Those actually get cut out with a grinder or hacksaw or sawsall when doing an H22.

And I have an H22 which runs fine and is a whole second faster than your buddies and it doesn't mess up on me ever, and my friend with a b18b can never ever get it to work right. So gauging the greatness or worthiness of an engine on ONE example of each is a BAD way to do it.

and with a B you're going to buy axles and mounts and and and and and, it'll be $2000 more in the end. and the B will be slower.