While looking at craigslist ads tonight on 94 & 95 accords,cars having the f22b2 engine seems to be a selling point. I always thought the v tec was a better engine. Which is more sought after?

 

its all ones opinion but in the f22 series motors vtec is merely there for fuel economy, not so much power. I personally don't care much for vtec unless its in a b, h, or j series.
of course this is just my opinion.

 

I can vouch for the vtec in the jdm b18 w/ lsd. I drove a teggy with one, hit vtec and it was like ahhh yeaaahhhh hahahah. Thing ripped pretty good despite being poorly taken care of by the owner.

 

j series was sick with a cai. people looked like wtf! the changeover was so loud in the 98 accord v6.

 

*shrug* It's craigslist. If it has a B2 it is not an EX model, which will have the rear disc brakes, bigger sway bars, alloys, antenna in the windshield, and power goodies standard. A B2 car can be a DX stripper model up to a LX loaded like a EX, but without the engine.
B2= 130 HP
B1= 145 HP

I would have either over the 2.7 V6 model.

From a B2 car I drove, the powerband did not feel linear compared to the B1.
B1 feels torquey down low, pulls through the midrange and keeps going til redline. It's not a H22 VTEC screamer, but the power is constant and linear. B2 feels kind of laggy til about ~3Krpm, then pickups power but then seems to fall on its face towards the top end.

As for sought after, depends on what someone wants. I would assume a stripper DX model would be lighter than a loaded EX, and most likely an EX will not have been abused. But if you are gonna gut it or do an engine swap/turbo/whatever it doesn't really matter what engine is in the cars.

 

I have the b2 in my 94 LX with 271k on it. Knock on wood, the car still runs great.

 

266 in my b2. idles low but runs fine

 

215k on my b2 as well & still running strong

 

If we are logging miles, mine was around 310 when I finally yanked the head...the last 6 or so run with a blown head gasket. I bought it that way, can't wait to see what a properly running engine does to it!
From reliability and such, if you are in the market for a 94-97 accord, just pick one that has the options you want. Mine was a loaded LX with a 5 speed...1 owner. It was what I wanted so I snagged it.