I am completely new to Hondas, I picked this up from my gfs brother and I want to use this as a project car. Which would be the wiser choice? I have about 5-6k budgeted for mods and so forth. What would you do?

Car has 52k on the clock

If I go turbo on the D or all motorwith the B series, which other mods could I do to maximize my budget? How much should a good turbo setup cost? I will not be drag racing the car, I just want a car that's fun to drive and could scoot when I want it to.

 

the turbo D is a fun set up and would probably cost you around 3 grand for a kit and a real good tune. piecing your own kit together is another good option, personally i would build the D with 5 grand and boost it

 

F the B, Turbo the D.

Get a greddy or edelbrock kit.

 

for some reason i love turbo'd d's in del sols.

i say turboit

 

I was going to boost the D16Z6 in my Sol before some teenage ho on her cell phone
caused a 5 car pile-up that I was in the middle of!

BOOST THE D!!!!

 

Boost the **** out of that D!!!!!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CapnKrunch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">F the B, Turbo the D.

Get a greddy or edelbrock kit. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Haha, I never heard that one before, but I agree.

You can rape stock GSR's and B16's all day long .

If you have that much cash to spend, upgraded camshaft + a good kit would work well. Then you just pawn off the e-manage that it comes with and get a real tuning system and you're set to go, man.

 

go b18c1 !!! i think d series have very little potental.

 

i have a 99 hatch with a gsr and its fun to drive around but i would not say that the d has no potential with 5 - 6k to play with properly turboed meaning built bottom end and good proper tuning.....u will b handing civics with gsr motor their asses=======turbo the d

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EG6 Love &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">go b18c1 !!! i think d series have very little potental. </TD></TR></TABLE>

could you explain, because i'd have to highly diagree. Sure, The b series does have more potential when up to boost, BUT he stated na B series or Turbo D. In this case, a turbo D on stock internals is still faster with more whp than a B. Plus with 5-6k, if he uses his money wisely, he could probably spend enough on internals, which is even better.

 

OP, why would you want to keep the B-series all motor? Why not turbo it if you're okay with turboing the D-series?

You wouldn't have to turbo the engine right after or during the swap. If you want a fun car that has get up and go, swap in the B18C1. After awhile, you can upgrade by turboing it.

 

i say go with the b18c1. i wouldnt even bother boosting the d its not worth it. plus all motor b's are much more fun to drive than a turbo d. lol turbo d's with stock internals are by no means impressive or powerful.

 

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What an dumbass you are. There are stock d's reliably pushing in the 200 range
all day long.

 

I mean, turboing the d series would be fun but if you have 6 grand you could buy a GSR swap in and still piece together a turbo kit. You might have to save up a tad bit more money after the swap, but you would have 95% of the cash left over to turbo the GSR. If you have the time, i say swap and boost!

 

Because if I buy the B18C1, which would run about 3k + shipping, then turdbo, I wouldn't really have enough to get me a good exhaust system, fuel system, wheels, tires, etc. With the D series, the engine is already in there so I could add extra goodies or fix anything that goes wrong without extending my budget

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lateralus1082 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Because if I buy the B18C1, which would run about 3k + shipping, then turdbo, I wouldn't really have enough to get me a good exhaust system, fuel system, wheels, tires, etc. With the D series, the engine is already in there so I could add extra goodies or fix anything that goes wrong without extending my budget </TD></TR></TABLE>

you pretty much just answered your own question

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lateralus1082 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Because if I buy the B18C1, which would run about 3k + shipping, then turdbo, I wouldn't really have enough to get me a good exhaust system, fuel system, wheels, tires, etc. With the D series, the engine is already in there so I could add extra goodies or fix anything that goes wrong without extending my budget </TD></TR></TABLE>
You don't have to do all of that at once.

Get the B18. Get it into the car.

Have fun.

Later, do whatever else you might want.

I just don't understand people who say, "I have $X to spend on my car... ever."

 

do some homework on d-series turbo.. piece together your own turbo, do MINOR internal work on the motor.. get a good tune, save the left over money for a rainy day you do not want to build you d-series block like crazy because it will be a loss of money, (unless you want to be pushing 20+ psi then build) you said you only want to have something fun to drive.. 8-10 psi should keep you happy and you don't need any major work especially on that virgin motor you already have!