hello,

a couple of monds ago i made the choice to start building a track/time attack/ weekend racer out of my ej9.
now the suspension of the car is almost compleet for heavy abuse now i need to make a choice what engine i want to run.

at first the idea was to drive a build d16z6 turbo because of the weight

but i want to know other options and experiences from people i had a couple of ideas myself.

b18b/b1 turbo the only thing is this engine is almost imposible to find here in europe.

b20 with vtec swap + bolt ons what i read good power but weak cilinder walls??

b18c with bolt ons heard good things about his engine only thing is alot of people driving this and i like to be different

h2b swap good strong engine's but on the other side relatively heavy causing oversteer.

k swap good power and al lot of potential but high cost for the swap

this where a couple of ideas i had myself so now i'm looking for driving exeriences and opinions about handeling and driving it on the track.

this project is not the typical low budget build i want to take time to do the right thing the first time and i'm prepared to put much time and money in the right engine.

 

I would in my opinion do a b18c turbo . I'm going to do this for my street / track crx . currently have a b18a1 makes good power with bolt ons. Runs good and handles well with everything .

 

The b18c is a good option especialie because in a couple of weeks i get an 98 itr for breaking.
But in combination with a turbo wil it be a reliable engine because of the high compresion and the cilinder walls That can turn oval.
But if i sleeve the Block and build it isnt there a beter option for the money i wil put in building the engine to build it.

 

what are your power goals?

 

I'm aiming for 250whp but with the option to build further to go to 300 or even more.

 

a b20v will get you to 250 maybe a little higher but they do not like boost at all, cyl walls are extremely week, so if your goal is to be at 300 or over go for a gsr, b16, or ls vtec if you can find a block for it. those will all make 300 on stock internals

 

Found an b16a1 complete build for turbo use i think this is gonna be the engine i wil use.
In combination with a twin scroll turbo i Will hit my 250 whp goal without a problem.
And its having potential to go higher for for a total pricé of 3th of an k swap.

 

A Stock engine is hard to beat. Runs good and you gotta work it hard to overheat. Any engine can work. B series, H series, k series can all be fast.