I have a 2000 CTR B16B motor in my garage. It supposedly only has 4k miles on it. So far, I can tell you that the block is a B16B, the tranny is LSD, and that the intake cam is most likely CTR (2 rings). What bothers me is that the headgasket is a P30AO. Shouldn't it be a OO? I thought AO was USDM (but could be wrong). I trying to find out if any thing has been played with before we recieved it...anybody here able to offer assistance? (BTW, it even came with the gold Hollow shift linkages!!!)

Any assurances would be greatly appreciated, I really don't want to have to pull the head.

Charles

 

B16B / B18C (JDM) / B18C5 / B16A uses the same head gasket.

 

i thought that the b16a head gaskets and b18c head gaskets are different. I know that when i mated a b16 head to my b18c1 block i was told to use the b18c head gasket???????????????????????????????????????

 

They are the same gasket.

Charles,

Don't worry. I would bet that the motor is untouched.

-kenji