OK. i was reading some where on here that a b16 head swap on a b18 block is very good and will produce a lot more power becuase the b16 head will produce more compression and so and so forth.
how much would be needed to do this?
is it really worth it?
anyone on here that personally has done it?
and what are the main pros and cons of doing it?
like i've heard that you cant rev past 7k because you seriously risk blowin the head.
just things i've heard and want to make sure i'm hearing right.

ps. don't flame. its stupid and you've got better things to do with your time.

 

My suggestion is that you search. This topic has been covered numerous times. The is a big red SEARCH button at the top[ right hand corner. Try it, it works.

 

ok well i've been searching for this topic for about the past week. maybe i'm retarded, but i have found nothing. the search button is completely useless IMO. you have to type in like exactly the right words and it has to be so long or else you wont get ****. if you could actually find a topic on this please give me the link. otherwise your exactly what i didnt want on this thread.

 

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You seriously have not searched cause we covered a huge thread like this 3 days ago...

I'll still help you tho.

B16A on B18 (LS) is worth it. It's making a LSVTEC, very common. Thing about them is the CR (compression ratio) will suck . But, to correct that, you take a nice drive to honda and order some pistons, what kind? Well that's simple, GSR (cheaper, not as powerful), ITR (better, recommended) or CTR (most aggressive, didn't check the comp but probably higher then you would want it for street, might require high octane gas only). While your there, you get some new pistons rings and bearing, GSR timing belt and GSR waterpump and some headbolts.

You take your LS block, you change the rings, pistons and bearings, then you put the vtec head on it, using your brand new GSR timing belt and GSR waterpump, and you slap it all togeter. After you wire (you didn't mention a car/obd so I'll assume Si with obd0) it into the proper OBD for your ecu, either GSR or B16 or chipped D16 or ITR, doesn't matter aslong as it's a good one. You wire in vtec and it should be good to go.

Of course this is a quick overview. RESEARCH FIRST! POST SECOND!

 

Type in LSVTEC or FRANKENSTEIN...Both here and google,

 

thanks, i just get really frustrated with this whole thing. its almost more worthwhile to look through every page and try to find what you want instead of actually searching for it. but thanks a lot.
do you know a ballpark price of what it would cost?
and yeah the car is an Si with obd0...good assumption

 

Price really depends how its built..

I spent about $1000 on mine (just the engine itsself) used a mix of oem parts,arp,and machine shop,,cause when i did it there was no GE lsvtec kit ,,so i just followed the howto on c-speedracing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ludesrv &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

You seriously have not searched cause we covered a huge thread like this 3 days ago...

I'll still help you tho.

B16A on B18 (LS) is worth it. It's making a LSVTEC, very common. Thing about them is the CR (compression ratio) will suck . But, to correct that, you take a nice drive to honda and order some pistons, what kind? Well that's simple, GSR (cheaper, not as powerful), ITR (better, recommended) or CTR (most aggressive, didn't check the comp but probably higher then you would want it for street, might require high octane gas only). While your there, you get some new pistons rings and bearing, GSR timing belt and GSR waterpump and some headbolts.

You take your LS block, you change the rings, pistons and bearings, then you put the vtec head on it, using your brand new GSR timing belt and GSR waterpump, and you slap it all togeter. After you wire (you didn't mention a car/obd so I'll assume Si with obd0) it into the proper OBD for your ecu, either GSR or B16 or chipped D16 or ITR, doesn't matter aslong as it's a good one. You wire in vtec and it should be good to go.

Of course this is a quick overview. RESEARCH FIRST! POST SECOND!</TD></TR></TABLE>
but ctr pistons in a b18 is a nono

 

Dont forget the oil line and dowell pins. I think c-speedracing.com has a good writeup. But if you googled lsvtec I'm sure you've seen it by now right?