soooo, I'm building an '89 CRX and I'm trying to decide on what motor. I'm in no hurry for this build so I'm doing as much research as possible. I've already done a bunch but was looking for advice from some guys that have been there and done that. A B20 with B16 head is pretty cheap, I think a B18 may cost about $1k more. If I'm building this thing for autocross and potentially some road racing what would be the better engine? B20 has torque which works wonders in autox. Is the B20 block built well enough to withstand racing? The engine would be fully built but since it is a CRV motor and was really never designed for anything other than soccer moms I'm wondering if it would last. Opinions?

 

D-Series ftw.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ShocK &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">soooo, I'm building an '89 CRX and I'm trying to decide on what motor. I'm in no hurry for this build so I'm doing as much research as possible. I've already done a bunch but was looking for advice from some guys that have been there and done that. A B20 with B16 head is pretty cheap, I think a B18 may cost about $1k more. If I'm building this thing for autocross and potentially some road racing what would be the better engine? B20 has torque which works wonders in autox. Is the B20 block built well enough to withstand racing? The engine would be fully built but since it is a CRV motor and was really never designed for anything other than soccer moms I'm wondering if it would last. Opinions?</TD></TR></TABLE>

There are plenty out there.

I'd go LS, and I don't see how you find it to be "1k more" but search and search some more. B20 doesn't have much more torque either. FI D series would murder either.