Ok so for the last 6 months i have been reading and researching posts here on HT and learned a wealth of information. After talking to my buddy at the shop he owns i have decided to build my B16 from the bottom up noting crazy just a medium build with boost.

Here is a list of parts and things ordered and being done:

-B16a block punched out to a 1.8, bored and honed, resurfaced and hot tanked, sleeved with ERL sleeves
-New Oem Main and road Bearings
-Cometic Top End GAsket set with head gasket,bottom end gasket kit
-ARP head studs
-5 angle valve job and resurfaced head
-HGK spark Plugs
-NGK wires
-OEM Timing Belt
-New OEM Thermostat
-New OEM Oil Pump
-Eagle H-beam connecting rods
-Supertech Spring/retainers
-ITR Cams
-Weisco 8.5:1 or 9.1 pistons
-AEM True time cam gears
-OEM valve seals
-Hondata s100
-OBD2B to OBD1 conversion Harness
-AEM boost guage
-AEM oil pressure guage
-AEM water temp guage
-3" custom stainless cat back
-secret kill switch for my security
-Custom turbo kit with garrett 60-1 T3/T4 turbo, HKS SSQV BOV, Tial 38mm Vband waste gate, front mount IC with stainless piping, 3"down pipe with flex joint to the cat back
-Stage 4 Compitition Clutch with lightweight fly wheel
-Quife LSD
-Upgraded Axles
-Walboro 255 fuel pump
-percision 750cc injectors
-completelty balanced and blueprinted


goal is 300 to the wheels for daily driving and with the flip of the boost controller switch hoping to have 400+

pics to follow with the build as i get them from him.
Block is being sent out sometime next week for the boring and sleeving should have it back in 2 weeks

 

Question:

How much is it costing you to build this B16 block?
- sleeve kit
- labor
- cooling system upgrade, you'll need it if sleeving

I'm asking because for the money spent, another block may be worth looking into

 

to tear it down and do everything and build it back up its going to be 2200

 

That is a lot of crap you are doing and buying to only make 300 hp and 400 on high boost? unless you are being waaaay over conservative with the tune???? a stock motor will hold 300 hp if tuned properly.

 

im building it right now as a dd so i know im going a lil over kill with the low numbers but its not going to be my dd after the summer thats when it will be re tuned and im going to upgrade the turbo and try for 500 hp

 

its not always a bad to thing to go a little over when boosting, if this were me i would definelty sleeve the block, it just less things to go wrong, however stock sleeves can handle about 500hp..

If this were me, id go with a gsr block and bore to 2.0L. Just my 0.2 tho, also have you looked into sleeves such a darton, eagle? or are you heart set on erl.

 

personally i would rather have darton but my buddys shop deals with ERL so im getting a better deal with those..im still debating to do a 2.0 stroker for the b16 but im not sure yet

 

Oh ok, For a 2.0 i would just get a gsr. I saw a 2L b16 fail in like 5k miles, Guy said block just couldnt handle the side load.

 

i dont know what im going to do i love the b16 im more than likely just going to bore it to a 1.8..and in a couple years buy another civic and do a itr build but thats in the future..im still working on this one lol

 

If i were in your shoes, i'd spring for the 2.0L Dart block and call it a day. hen you can sell off your b16 short block and get a couple bucks back

 

the dart blocks are crazy expensive tho

 

Quality doesnt come cheep.

 

yeh i understand that but buying the dart block will push me out of my budget that why i have it mapped out to what i listed above

 

seems like a good build you should have no problem reaching your hp goal my friend has a b16a with weisco pistons and eagle rods bored .20 over ...with stock valve train and gsr cams he put down 284 whp on 11 psi on a 60 trim turbo

 

well after going over everything with my buddy today about getting all the work done with labor and everything it was right around 17g's for everything..so we are crunching some numbers and figuring out what i really dont need and what can be changed around

 

17 grand, damn. If i only had 17k to throw into my car.

 

my b16 hold 16 psi bone stock motor and daily drive it too

 

17k for.. 300 horsepower? too much money.. gl bro... i wish i have that dollars