so i have a 94 intergra basically stock motor and what not lil work down to but not much..and i'm looking to drop a new motor in it and i keep getting different reviews on things

i was think of putting a type r into it but my friend suggested a k20 but i heard they were harder to put in and more expensive like. Also i was told that gsr would work better for boosting? any thoughts suggestions comments?? lemme know and posisbly give me places to find the motor or something? many thanks

 

build what you have. makes no sense to swap in a new motor unless there's a hole in your current one.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by doood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">build what you have. makes no sense to swap in a new motor unless there's a hole in your current one.</TD></TR></TABLE>

i second it...its the most cost effective...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by doood &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">build what you have. makes no sense to swap in a new motor unless there's a hole in your current one.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

the ls is an extremely strong motor and is a lot more responsive off of boost and safer due to its compression ration of 9.1:1 and the gsr's higher C/R of i believe 10.5:1 someone correct me if im wrong im curious to know. anyway depending on the miles you might want to thing about spending some money on arp bolts/studs and some piston rings and acl bearing but i have seen LS motors with 100K+ miles on them do fine on 10 lbs of boost, in my opinion vtec is just something another hassle to tune around when youre boosting although vtec on boost is a very desired effect all comes down to money and goals

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc2leftovers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> in my opinion vtec is just something another hassle to tune around when youre boosting </TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah for the people that dont know what they're doing

 

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yeah for the people that dont know what they're doing</TD></TR></TABLE>

correct.

vtec&gt;non.

 

understood i no what you mean, i have a boosted ls and i would rather save money from buying another motor or a vtec head and get forged parts and just turn up the boost than spend the money on vtec, or save the money and buy a set of cams, but thats just me its all about preference

 

I would build what you have unless you like throwing money away.

You could spend about 2k building your b18b, or spend around 2k for a rebuilt, or used b18c1 engine.
Depending on the condition of the b18c1 motor you buy, you may need to put even more money into that.

With a rebuilt ls engine with forged internals, you could be making quite a bit more power than a stock b18c1.

since you already have the b18b, rebuild it, and boost it.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dc2leftovers &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the ls is an extremely strong motor and is a lot more responsive off of boost and safer due to its compression ration of 9.1:1 and the gsr's higher C/R of i believe 10.5:1 someone correct me if im wrong im curious to know. anyway depending on the miles you might want to thing about spending some money on arp bolts/studs and some piston rings and acl bearing but i have seen LS motors with 100K+ miles on them do fine on 10 lbs of boost, in my opinion vtec is just something another hassle to tune around when youre boosting although vtec on boost is a very desired effect all comes down to money and goals</TD></TR></TABLE>

its actually 8:1 hehe it says that in my acura manual...i pretty much read it as bathroom material...meaning while im dumping it i read it

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1337knub &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so i have a 94 intergra basically stock motor and what not lil work down to but not much..and i'm looking to drop a new motor in it and i keep getting different reviews on things

i was think of putting a type r into it but my friend suggested a k20 but i heard they were harder to put in and more expensive like. Also i was told that gsr would work better for boosting? any thoughts suggestions comments?? lemme know and posisbly give me places to find the motor or something? many thanks </TD></TR></TABLE>

As what everyones says, rebuild your motor with oem and aftermarket parts, then boost it. Swapping out the motor will cost g's plus adding a turbo kit on top of your swapped motor is going to cost more g's as well. Save yourself that headache, and keep your motor, rebuild it, boost it and call it a day, theres a LS-T thread in the FI forum, many members driving LS-T's with great success pushing good amounts of HP, and satisfied.