I was wondering what would be the most reliable daily driven motor with some sort of power i was thinking about going B20v again or LSv or even LS turbo I need something reliable with some sort of power i can possibly have it tuned, i do have a budget at the same time . I was planning on buying a dc shell & just throw in a motor that's reliable and a has a little bit of power at the same time it's going to be daily driven nothing to crazy but if anyone can let me know what the cheapeast but reliable motor would be that won't cost an arm and a leg it would be greatly appreciated .

If i can't get any help ill just end up getting a stock GSR or something ...

 

I'm not going to suggest anything til you say it WILL be tuned. Don't waste your money if you don't plan on doing it right.

 

H2b /thread.

 

I think we should start with a ballpark budget before we get too deep into what we suggest. A LS-T can be built for 2500, a mild GSR for 3000 and H2B for 3500+ etc etc
OP what do you have to work with?

 

I will get it tuned im working around maybe 2g's a lil more a lil less im looking for the cheapest but the most reliable for a while at least .. I wouldn't mind turbo seems pretty fun

 

Actually 2.5k a lil more a lil less for the tuning etcc .

 

For that price you're not gonna have anything that's turbo'd.

You can build a stock internal LSVTEC for $1,500. You should use ARP rod bolts, ARP head studs, VTEC oil/water pumps, VTEC timing belt, GE VTEC conversion kit, B16 pistons. Call it a day.

@93egSLEEPER, we should start a "budget build/swap thread" that should be stickied, and cover all possible budget swaps/builds for under $3,500 so threads like this will stop popping up.

 

I AGREE

 

LSVTEC is fine with stock internals as long as its reliable at least for a while but i wont be able to do LS-TURBO that could last me for a while at least ? I mean i have a b20v right now but i always wanted turbo

 

WTF? Then why didn't you mention that you have a B20V? So now you are saying, your budget is for a turbo instead of a whole motor?

What internals are in the B20? For around 2k you can get a full Go-Autoworks turbo kit.

 

yea im building one of those stock internal lsvtec's for my daily driver, pr3 pistons/itr cams and valvetrain etc...

you need to set aside money for tuning, thats the key. a good program and a good tuner. dont get one of your boy's boy's cousins who had a turbo b16 like 6 years ago to burn you his basemap. those situations never work well. if you want to turbo and do it right you will be paying out a few grand. no way around it.

whats the compression of your b20 vtec?

 

^^ exactly. I love all the people running basemaps, or other peoples maps.