ok guys this is my first post on H-T ive been reading the forums for awhile and everyone seems realy helpful. about a month ago i bought a b16a sir1 montor and tranny with lsd it has 35k miles ive spent the last few weeks changeins gaskest and cleaning it i put a skunk2 im on it and 2000 si fuel rail im gonna change the throttle body and lots of other sturff just a work in progress really. i want to keep it na and just be a clean fun car. should i put it in a da integra or the civic i like the crx ive had one before but just a lil to small for me. if you guys could give me your 2 cents then i would be greatful. like what are the advantages of each car. thanx guys

 

Most people in this section of the forum are obviously going to be bias towards the civic/cr-x.

For starters...don't use that skunk manifold, it is way too big for your puny B16. Check out the all motor forum and you will see some dyno comparisons of the P30 manifold and an ITR (which the skunk is an improved copy of). You'll see that the P30 kicks *** up until about 7800 RPM's. The B16 stop making power around there anyway so that manifold is matched up pretty good to a 1.6L.

Last but not least...Welcome to H-T and make sure to do very thorough searches when you are looking for additional information. Almost any question you might have has probably been covered a thousand times. Learn to use the Search function on this site and your build will be successful and quite easy.

Cheers

 

Well i hope you know that the DA body is heavy compare to the civic/crx chassis so the civic/crx would be a better choice for the swap.

I'm not a fan of the B16 motor because it feels like a single cam until vtec hits.

Good luck though.

 

The DA's a bigger car, the EF is a smaller car. Decide what you want and buy that one.

 

I personally like the 57' Chevy with a 572 BBC (mild gasser setup) with quad turbo's FTW!!!

 

im thinkin a big wheel..
what? at least its front wheel drive...

 

The B16 will perform better in an civic/crx just because of the lesser weight. DA's are just beautiful cars in general, but of course I'm going to go with a civic/crx. If the crx was too small for you, the civic is a bit bigger and may be to your liking.

 

thanks guys for your input. i love the way the crx and the civic hatch looks just not totally sure got time to think about it. im not gonna have the fast car out there so speed isnt a huge deal just want something fun. i have read alot on the forum and have learned **** loads thanks to everyone