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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 11:58 AM
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 02:35 PM
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 03:47 PM
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your car, your decision. search around a bit, there's a lot to learn here. part of what's so nice about hondas is that they're reliable and a lot of different things work together, which gives you OPTIONS.

To reiterate...if you SEARCH you'll find plenty of info to make the decision...and it's your car, YOUR decision.

EDIT: in the interest of providing some constructive input, I've read some stuff on here and decided that turbo d-series is the way to go once I start building...unfortunately I'm in a bit of a high-theft-risk area right now.


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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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If you stick with a turbo d, don't worry about the mileage. The d-series engines are so inexpensive that if you bought a high mileage car for 3k less, it would only cost you about $500 to swap one in.

I like by B-series. It is nice, but sometimes I think about turbo or B20/vtec, just for fun. But then again, I have a lot bigger aspirations for my car if all goes well.

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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 04:06 PM
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 04:39 PM
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I'd have to say search it really is too much of a personal opinion but if you want a turbo D i have a brand new kit FS see sig... what ever you do im sure you'd be happy i would shy away from the lsvtec thing personally. good luck...
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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dude get a jdm d15b motor for like 500 bucks shipped to your house thats if you want a motor with low miles and boost the **** out of it you will be fast than a ls/vtec b16a or a ls and that **** is so fun and fast. thats the way I would go and I am loving it.
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Old Nov 16, 2006 | 04:46 PM
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this thread will become too opinionated. I can think of 30 reasons why to get EACH one of those choices....get what YOU want.


We'll help you how to fix it...but we cant help you decide on what you want unless you're comparing a stock b20 to a b18c1...then we'll make the decision for ya!

Good luck though man.
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 06:20 PM
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 07:40 PM
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1.6 anything i never going to have tourqe... remember that
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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by USDMej1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">1.6 anything i never going to have tourqe... remember that</TD></TR></TABLE>

No replacement for displacement.

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Old Nov 20, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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Whatever you do get a motor with the vtak...




lol sorry, stole the pic from somone and wanted to post it because its funny as hell I love my b16 but it is slow as hell. The cool new thing seems to be the k-series so I would save your money.
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 11:49 AM
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 11:56 AM
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turbo ftw
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 12:46 PM
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u said an ls vtec for 4500...if your installing your motor i did my entire gsr swap with lsd transmission from hmotorsonline and it cost like 3700.00 and im at 170whp i would go that route im a big gsr fan just because they got that block girdle and there very unlikely for detonation... even if you wanted to do a d16 swap with a turbo reliable is all i how u take care of it for example oil changes and any little maintence... but yea i got a jdm gsr from hmotorsonline with all the necessary swap components aka axles, linkage, mounts.. for 3700.00 just my .02 and also a good idea would be searching up "project civic" in the archived search section youll find a lot of good advice there
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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an ls vtec is like a ls motor and transmission with a b16 head on it.. gsr is a better transmission and just better all around but i mean do what u want... d16 is so little it just looks funny 2 me lol
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 04:31 PM
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Where are you guys getting all these motors for so cheap?
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Old Nov 21, 2006 | 04:33 PM
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Everyone's saying to turbo a D motor, but turbo kits cost $3000+
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 02:32 PM
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http://www.homemadeturbo.com
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 02:56 PM
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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 03:21 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by drk_fly &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im well aware of the site... thanks

anyone else have any good advice?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yeah: read the stickies and figure it out.

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