I have a 91 honda civic hatchback with a b18a1 in it. I just installed a new bottom end due to some stripped out motor mount bolt holes going into block. The bottom end that came out of it i was thinking about building it into a lsvtec. The only thing is i have a friend who owns a 2000 civic si and he has a build lsvtec in it and he ahs had nothing but problems with it. He told me not to do it because i will have problems with leaking oil and few others. also he said i shouldn't do it because if a lsvtec was meant to be in a honda they wuld have came form the factory with them. I need some help in figuring out what is best to do from someone who has experienced it. So if u can help me or give me andy advice it would be greatly appreciated.

 

I've had 2 lsvtec motors in the last 5 years and no problems at all...

 

LS/VTEC no issues here. We raced one for two years and now that motor is in a street car. As long as it is built correctly you'll have no problems. There are horror stories about everything.

 

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+1

Let me guess that your friend built the motor himself?

He probably didn't properly check clearances, didn't run the whole system right and screwed something up. Properly built an LS/VTEC can be more reliable than an OEM Honda engine from a Honda himself.

9 times out of 10 they aren't properly assembled. Unless you have extensive experience in motor building, which I would doubt since you need to ask this question, I wouldn't try it. I know I couldn't properly build an LS/VTEC engine, but that doesn't mean that you couldn't.

Lots of reading would help.