Hi i'm new here and i had a couple of questions. I'm interested in buying a Honda Del Sol as a project car and i was wondering what is the best engine to look for? I've been doing some research and i'm pretty sure its the DOHC 1.6 VTEC. If thats the case then what would be best to do with it... leave it naturally aspirated, supercharge, or turbocharge it? And if the best thing to do is supercharge or turbocharge it are there any kits or whats the best way to find or go about that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

do this

 

Start here , you sir have a lot of reading to do

Specifically this one

 

Budget? Goals? Plans for the car (auto-x, purely track, daily driver, etc) ? Do you want something all motor or do you want forced induction? if you want forced induction, do you want turbo or supercharger? Best is an option if we have you goals/plans to go off of. Which b16 are you walking about? There needs to be more information provided

 

J35 ARE NICE SAW A DEL SOL J35 IN PERSON AND FELL IN LOVE... B16 WOULD BE A GOOD SWAP CONSIDERING B16 CAME STOCK IN DEL SOL

 

While you will get a million different answers to you question it really is all a matter of opinion. Everyone like a different motor and they all have good reasons. First off as said do some research on Honda motor swaps, then deiced if you want to go NA or boost (IMO turbo is the way to go not a supercharger).
This is my opinion if you know you want to go all motor then the B18C R or a B20Z Vtec are the best option. If you want to go boost then do a GSR or a Ls Vtec with rods and pistons, sleeved if plan to push past 400whp. If you are not sure if you want to go NA or boost then do a GSR or Ls Vtec since these are a good middle ground.
The B16 in any form is not the best motor to swap IMO, they do like to be boosted. The B16 just has no TQ to speak of and you really cant get much more TQ out of them.
The J swap is hot right now and is sick. A running swap with some slicks has put cars into the low 12's. However there is still very limited aftermarket support for the J series.

 

454 BBC to a Th400

 

Buy the VTEC del sol, restore it to 100% OEM and leave it at that. Original VTEC sol's are hard to come by. Just my 02 cents..

 

B series motor is good to go, any other series motor will overkill it.

 

OP,

Your build is your choice, it's what you'll be happy with, ultimately if your after power, turbo the snot out of it, after fun, go OE build (Harder than you'll think).

You could do a basic swap for power without much modifications to the engine

Good read (Click me)

 

you have a lot to read. start with the multiple links and FAQs that others have posted in this thread to steer you in the right direction so you can figure out what you want to do.

 

H22A del sol is nice

 

thanks for all the comments. i think imma research more from this site and eventually buy one and then i see what i wanna do