Ok i guy i worked with bought a 90 GS teggie, well the guy he bought it from had another engine but in it, he said they put a bigger one in, but he didnt know what the put in, and cant find the papper work. Well we founf the #b18a1 on the block, so what year and type is it from. We want to make sure of the right rngine before we worder stuff for it. Cause the didnt really make much for the 90 gs model engine, well thats what he says, Sorry for the noob question, just trying to found out,.. TIA

 

b18a1 is 90-91 engine, stock engine basically. i think he lied to you or he might of just change some stuff in it and told he things it changed the whole engine.

 

A b18a1 also came out of the 92-93 non-vtec models. The only difference between the two is 92-93 tegs have 10 more hp, but I am not sure why. 90-91 have 130, while 92-93 have 140. However, both the engines have the same B18a1 code on them.

 

So does that mean he cant upgrade to a vtec head or anything?So what can he do?

 

He can still put a VTEC head on it.

 

So what type of head can be put on the b18 block?

 

Nah he can still do a VTEC head, however the LS/VTEC's I've seen run better with a B18B block... I'm not sure why and what the difference is but I saw a guy at the track running LS/VTEC in a hatch and pulled consistant 15.7's all day long... I asked him his set-up and he said he was running a B18A block, everything else was how it is supposed to be... Just my .02...

 

So about much HP are we looking at? Would it be a GSR head to a b18a block??

 

you can put gsr, b16a, or type-r head and you will get LS-V, but with the money you can get cams, springs and pistons and raise the rev limit, may be even p&p your head at the same time.

 

There are plenty of mods available for that engine. If you are considering a ls/vtec, do some research before you jump to any decisions. I've seen some extremely strong ls/vtec's, and some **** weak ls/vtec's. It all depends on the quality of the parts and the person that puts it together... oh, and the machine shop you trust with your engine.

If you want to stay non-vtec, I've got a set of crower 62404 cams for sale... brand new. They will even come with stickers!

 

So with the GS we can put any of these: Put gsr, b16a, or type-r head on cool, what type of HP are we looking at? TIA


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