ive had my b16a2 in my da for about a year. ever since i got it put in ive had one problem after another. i got it swaped by a friend of a friend. i think that was the biggest problem. im thinkin about just taking my car to a shop and putting in a b18b1. what do you guys think would be the cheapest plan of action

 

cheapest would be leaving the b16 in. what kind of problems have you been having?

 

were do i begin. got my car back with a back master cylinder, bad motor mounts, no name stage 2 clutch, vtec wiring was crap, replaced alternator twice, burnt spark plugs, replaced same axel twice, and i think i have a bad cylinder now. i dont think i have a pressure plate with my stage 2, the release point feels like it always changes. since i put it in ive replaced all my tires within a year. i understad problems are goin to happen cuz its an old car but i rarely had problems with my stock motor

 

all the problems you listed were not really b16 problems if you think about it your could have all those same problems with any motor..sounds like a good swap with bad install if you ask me

 

ya your right. i know i should've had a shop do it or at least someone i trusted. do you think a shop could fix the swap and do you think it would be expensive?

 

a bad back mount could case alot of ware on your axels

 

Just get another b18. Those LS motors are torque monsters, you will be much faster than with the b16 anywayz.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Icy_hot_integra &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just get another b18. Those LS motors are torque monsters, you will be much faster than with the b16 anywayz. </TD></TR></TABLE> when is this going to stop ?

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it sounds like bad owner syndrome...

 

idunno what to say...
why did u put the b16 if the stock motor never gave u any problems?

maybe if u just went LS turbo ud have less of a headache from this swap?

 

It seems like this guy wants something new as if the new has worn completely off of his car. He doesn't seem comfortable at all.

My advice is to figure out what it is that you want, and then determine if you are capable of doing whatever it is that you want to do. If you are capable of doing it, then do it.

 

i dropped the b16 in cuz at the time i thought i was gettin a good price for it (900) and my old motor had over 250,000 miles on it and started to feel sluggesh. i have no problem with having a b16 in my car. it pulls pretty nice. i had a 97 ls in my old 90 integra with header and i felt it pulled harder. but i live in moreno valley and for the last month our 2 theres been check points on weekends for drunk drivers. i dont want to hit one and them to see my car, tell me to pop my hood, see my motor, and tow it cuz of it. all im tryin to do is get my car to be reliable since im goin to school. what would be the best plan of action.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92jdmxsiteg &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dropped the b16 in cuz at the time i thought i was gettin a good price for it (900) and my old motor had over 250,000 miles on it and started to feel sluggesh. i have no problem with having a b16 in my car. it pulls pretty nice. i had a 97 ls in my old 90 integra with header and i felt it pulled harder. but i live in moreno valley and for the last month our 2 theres been check points on weekends for drunk drivers. i dont want to hit one and them to see my car, tell me to pop my hood, see my motor, and tow it cuz of it. all im tryin to do is get my car to be reliable since im goin to school. what would be the best plan of action. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Of course an LS is going to feel faster it has more torque and its going to take off the line quicker but its no faster than your b16. They have completly different HP/TQ numbers than each other but when all said and done the are the just as "fast" as one another.

Also, I would not take it to a shop they are going to charge you alot of money to fix it. You would be better off buying a complete swap yourself and putting everything in yourself. Swaping a b series to b series is really easy it just takes time if its your first time. When I did my first swap I my knowladge level of cars was pretty low, afterwards I learned alot.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Icy_hot_integra &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Just get another b18. Those LS motors are torque monsters, you will be much faster than with the b16 anywayz. </TD></TR></TABLE>

You sir have no idea what your talking about. You typed 2 sentences that are completly useless and wrong information.

The LS motors are in no way a "Torque Monster" that phrase should probably be banned from honda-tech or banned for use in the same sentance as anything to do with a honda.


Modified by St Jimmy at 1:24 PM 5/29/2007