Hey all,

I've been looking around for a new car after the old one (88 mazda) decided to blow up on me. There's a guy selling a 1997 Integra with a B18B1 swap. Me, having never owned a honda before, have no idea about this engine. A quick search on google turned up that it's non vtec, was used in Integra's as well as all the other stuff (compression ratio, displacement blah blah) Here's my questions. How readily does this engine respond to aftermarket parts? It's pretty much stock besides an intake and some sway bars, so I want to add some more power to it, but am not sure of the best way to go about it. One option that seemed interesting was a Jackson Racing Supercharger kit for sale locally. Only issue with it is that the seller says it only works on B16 engines and the B18C5. Does this make it incompatible with the B1 engine in the Integra I'm looking at? Or is it better to just avoid superchargers alltogether? Obviously I should do more research on it myself, but I figured while I was doing that I'd give the fine folks on Honda-Tech a chance to help a newbie out.

Essentially anything you can tell me about this engine and the platform in general would be awesome.

Thanks

 

its the engine that came stock in your car. not swapped. the jrsc will not work with that engine

 

A 1997 integra, assuming not gsr or type R comes with a B18B.

I/H/E wont net you much HP.

Best bang for your buck is to boost the stock motor on a conservative tune and make decent power.

 

anybody know if a 96 ls complete motor will be a direct replacement in a 95 ls ???

 

yes, it will work ^^^

 

nah man dont get it! its a waist of time and money! its a non vtec motor. look for a gsr at least! bolt ons wont get you nothing! you want a 97 gsr! or if you want the better more aerodynamic front end get the 98'' gsr. A jackson supercharger would be fun! if your not to crazy on hp the jackson s.c will make the gsr real fun daily driving. But the jackson supercharger you saw for sale is for only the type r motor and civic si b16 motor! you need the gsr kit if you get a gsr, that kit will still not work for a gsr even though its almost the same vtec motor, the main reason is the intake manifold is a different design and is not compatible with each other where as other or most other parts on the motor are interchangeable. The b16 is most commonly found in the 98'' civic si and honda del sol. but the b16 is a 1.6l vtec motor and the b18-c5 type r and b18-c1 gsr vtec motor is a 1.8l. The b16's usually fall in the 150-160hp range and the gsr 170-180hp and the type r= 190-200hp depending on how healthy the motor is and if its a jdm version which have a slight increase in compression and hp.

People have turbo charged the non vtec ls motors cause of its longer gear ratios to go with the boost and the lower compression it has which is more ideal for a turbo setup.

i would go with a gsr either way.

 

You seem like your new to the whole moding cars thing. My first Honda happened to be a beat up integra with a b1 in it. To this day I wish I never sold it. B18b1s have the same if not more potential for power. Intake/header/exsauhst really dosent do any thing to any cars besides v8s.
So don't let that put you down.
There's always the option to go ls-v this would be taking the b18b1 bottom end and putting a gsr head on it. It give you the tourque from the stroke of the bottom end and the top end from the head.
Personally I'd say get it as long as you thing the car its self is worth it. I you get it for a good price. Drive it for a year while you learn, you should be able to turn around ad sell it for te same price if not more.
Another thing you can do to make the car fast is put a gsr transmission in it. This will give you instant acceleration gains.