okay my car is leaking oil , and it burns outta my exhaust , its not a blown headgasket i know that already ...
its the seals n stuffs.......
i have a LS / Vtec and the HEAD is a b17 , i have a 95 b18c1 head at home but i wanna know what would be easier for my friend.......
to jus rebuild the b17 head or slap the b18c1 head on ( i know the motor will be better w/ the b18 head but im not looking for power now becuase hawaii cops r cracking down big time on street racers...so im jus looking for the easier way....
-would the cam gears and distributor from the b17 fit on the b18c1? cuz thats whats missing from the b18c1 is the cam gears n dizzy....thanks for looking ...

 

no advice? what the heck?

 

i dont see why not? both are vtec engines and parts should be interchangable

 

well? if you were the mechanic what would be easier though.......rebuilding the head (changing the seals n stuff) or putting the 95 gsr head on ? i just wanna know what would be easier thanks guys

 

bump back up .....................~

 

just put the b18c head on....in either case you have to pull off the cylinder head and put it back on....but there's more downtime with rebuilding the b17 head....you could swap out the b17 head for the b18 in 1 days whereas a removal, rebuild, and replace on the b17 will take significantly longer

 

replacing the head is going to be cheaper and quicker

 

no flaming, but i thought ls/vtec was a nonvtec bottom and a vtec head, and isnt the b17 nonvtec? hmm. anyone wanna educate me?

 

be18see1-- b17 is vtec.

 

b17 is a DOHC VTEC HEAD that came out in the rare second gen gsr integras..
hard to find ........ its a 1.7 ltr. its better then a b16 head but not as good as the b18c1 head its like a in between . .. ... ..

 

would the b17 cam gears go on the b18? and the dizzy? thats the only thing missing from the b18c1

 

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b17 head is no better than a b16. it's the same head actually.

 

It could be valve seals, or piston rings. Did you do a compression and leakdown test yet? Replace with the b18c head, it will be much easier. Cam gears should work, dizzy might not. Look at them and see if it will line up.

 

thanks guys..thats how i learn lol.