ok so i found a Ls out of a 96 teg for dirt cheap....yeah i know sketchy. but im gonig to build it cause im tired of my sohc as of now. ive pretty much got the bottom end figured out on how im going to do it, but i need some advice on the head?? should i keep it non v, or go with a b16, gsr or what??? suggestions? oh yea im trying to keep this as my dd but i just want more power. thanks

 

Well LS/Vtec is fun and bada$$ but not the most reliable combo, so if u wanta go fast and have fun for a decent chunk of $ do the LS/Vtec and if u need steady reliability at a low cost the stay LS. Decide what u want more and have fun..

 

b16 head. Do it now.

 

lol so demanding so a b16 head. you just running storck cams or what?

 

what is your budget like?
if it were me id start by building the ls block, run it and breake her in right, then pick up either a b16 or gsr head, maybe a lil pnp. i would run oem cams, whether there from the b16 or another car is your call, itr would be nice.

 

^What he said^ The block must be built if you want your motor to hold together. New Bearings are key. Those stock ls bearings were never meant to run at b16 rpm's. You will throw one if you just slap it together. There are some awesome ls/v build threads on here, follow them.

I'm personally running a bone stock b16 head, and the block has been completely re-built. Hot tanked, new bearings, ITR pistons, honed, etc etc, and I have almost 25,000 miles on this motor build now. I run this thing very hard too, pretty much 80% of the time.

 

turbo the LS with 10psi, reliable, cheap, Fastttt. and if things go bad and motor blows finding one is dirt cheap and you still have the turbo. i personally had one with 5psi and it was funn. good luck.

 

Just got the motor. But I planted on tearing it down and hot tanking it and cleaning up the cylinder walls just have to make sure the block is cool to work with. But I'm gonna run non v for a little while till I can get a head

 

^^ good. do you plan to bore it out? or just have it honed?
also what type of internals?

 

Not sure yet if I'm going to bore it out, kind of waiting to see what kind of shape the block is in befor i get to crazy with anything. For internals i was going to go with eagle rods and idk on the pistons yet

 

ok so the update: tore down the rest of the block and ripped out the pistons. cylinders look good so im goin to hot tank it and go from there.