I just picked up this really nice looking '94 LS sedan for $3200. I had to fly from central MI to DC and drive it all the way home, but the car is fantastic. Now the question is, what to do to this puppy. It'll probably be driven by my old lady most of the time, but I wanna have some fun with it too! heh I was all set to sleeve the damaged b16a I have in the garage to 85mm, put in the b17 crank & rods I have next to it, make it Vtec friendly and have fun. Now I'm kinda thinking I should sleeve the b18b and put a small turbo on there. I'd probably go for a small turbo like the one Greddy uses with their kit...I love throttle response. I already have my all motor GSR and I'm not going FI with that. What would you guys do? Opinions? Course I could do the b16/17 thing and turbo that later, with a drop in compression.

 

what kinda pic is that

 

That's a mangled & shrunk copy of the 1MB super hires pic the previous owner sent me. My dialup ISP routinely mangles pictures when I upload them to my FTP server. I actually uploaded that pic 3 times, what you see is the best of the three. Triton & starband don't seem to get along very well.

Judging by the very nice quality of the pic he sent me, I'd say he used a 3+ megapixel digital camera.


[Modified by TimoneX, 12:36 PM 2/6/2003]

 

lsvtec!!!!!!!

 

Well that would be fairly easy since the damage to the b16a I have is confined almost entirely to the bottom end(1 rod, 2 pistons, 1 sleeve), the head is nearly unblemished. I'm just not a big fan of LS/Vtec. If I don't go FI I'd prefer to build a GSR motor, either G2(b17a) or pick up a B18c bottom end and use this b16a head. I'm certain I could get great power out of an 85mm bore b16a block with b17a internals(which I already have). This would cost $750ish for sleeving, plus $950ish for pistons, bearings, seals, etc... + the cost of the Vtec ECU. Then it'd still be hamstrung by the LS tranny, but that could be addressed later. So $1850ish for the whole 85mm b17a deal. Leaves lotsa potential for future mods too.