I have a 92 4 dr civic with a jspec b18c. I have basically every bolt on except for pullies which are on the way. I'm ready to start getting into the motor. I can either port the head and put some cams with springs and retainers, or i can do something else. I'm trying to find out what you guys think i should do next. Turbo? do the head? Build the bottom end? Stroker kit. I have about 2500 to spend. If certain things cost a little more than what i have then i can wait and save more. Here's a pic to show what i have. i know the rims have to go i'm just not sure if i should get the rota slipstreams or circuit 8's and not sure of the color.

 

your missing an intake manifold
anyway
save a little more and get a drag III turbo kit
you should have a good setup for 8 or 9 psi.

 

agree turbos are puuuurdy

 

yeah definitely change out your intake mani... that thing sucks!

Your car is pretty much identical to mine... sedan... GSR motor

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=196396

Good to see yet another good lookin sedan on the board

 

yeap get a Skunk2 intake manifold. I'll give you atleast 8 to 11hp up top. and only around $350

 

i say send the pullies back cause they r a waste of time and money. go internal, thats where u will see real gains.

 

the problem with going turbo is that my compression is the same as a type R which is very high. If i put on a kit i can't boost that much. My friend just went turbo on his Type R and it got messed up in like a week. Everything was done right on his car to, no rigs, it was even tuned and it still wasn't right. He old boosted about 6 pounds with stock internals. Every since that happened that kind of changed my mind about boosting. I can't afford to build up my whole motor and go turbo. Believe me i want to. But no one said anything about the stroker kit or about building the head.

 

stroker kits do what they were intended to do, thats to stroke the motor to a bigger displacement. the problem with stroker kits is that they r made for displacement not RPMs. usually the kits r complete meaning rods, pistons, crank, bearings, rings, balanced and ready to put in. as a result the rod/stroke ratio is even depleted more. so as far as the stroker is concerned u will gain torque but its not meant to b revved.
im no expert cause i do believe in headwork. but headwork is meant for a purpose built motor. for example, u want a NA car, obviously u build the head for ur purpose. with minimal mods headwork does make gains but i say minimal. but with what it sounds like u plan on doin with ur car headwork will make good gains for u. just remember this is my opinion, im no expert but i try to keep up with good info.

 

so if i do stay n/a what would be the best bang for the buck? Stroker kit, headwork, build the bottom end, or just wait a long time and go turbo? If i get a stroker kit how high can i rev and how much torque can i gain?

 

what are the advantages and disadvantages of a stroker kit. And which kit is the best.

 

best bang for the buck i got was tires, i put on a good set of tires and that was where i gained the most, after that it was my cams.

 

what kind of cams do most people on here like. I hear a lot about toda, skunk2, and jun

 

ttt

 

I would stay NA if your compression is that high. I'd get the JUN3 head package (cams, springs, retainers) Skunk2 intake, a chipped ECU, an LSD and a good clutch. Also what are the parts you have now, what kind of header and exhaust?
IMO its better to resleeve your block to 84mm than stroke it.
BTW, you should paint or polish you valve cover

 

ok everything i have to far is AEM cold air intake. DC 4-2-1 header. Crappy 3Aracing exhaust with a testpipe. Aem fuel rail and regulator, MSD ignition and coil. Aem cam gears, Apexi V-AFC and ITC, Mugen clutch with exceddy flywheel. I think that's everything but my stock compression is 10:6:1 plus i already got LSD, it came with the motor.
Here's the situation. Mom is leaving for about a month so i have a month to do whatever i want cause i can use her car while mine is in the shop. So what ever i want to do that will take a while i have to do now. I have 2500 bucks so what should i do.

 

ok hear is my too cents..... get into the moder BEFOUR TURBO IE lower comp. pistions (dont nead high thet is what the turbo is four) go foraged pistions, rads, balnce bottom end, posably blue print, as four head port match alged valve job light cams springs reatiners and the like. dont forget intercoller BOV and injectors and you will be very very hard to catch

 

spoon balanced type r pistons wiht rings and pins - $360 (raise compression)
eagle forged rods - $350 (gsr rods are flimsy)
portflow headwork -$900(get the air flowing)
toda dual springs valve springs -$360(loose the tired old springs, rev higher)
some sort of Ti retainers -$200(see above)
skunk 2 intake manifold -$350(gsr dual stage =yuck)
hondata intake manifold gasket - ????? (better than oem)
aem or comptech type r intake - $150-250 (cant use aem gsr CAI with s2 intake manifold)

Now you have your motor ready for some cams when you get another $1000 for cams and ecu chip. Plus, you elminated any possible weak or bad part of the gsr engine.