This is my first post here. I have a 1991 Toyota MR2 NA, hence the name mstr22u. I am trying to save money to buy a 1993 Toyota MR2 Turbo. While bartering with a friend for parts from his parts car, we got (somehow) to talking about a trade; he recently wrecked his MR2 and is having withdrawls.

The trade:
1991 Toyota MR2 NA - 180k miles, engine runs rough, front-right suspension knock. Completely stock.
-for-
1994 Honda Civic HB (dx), 130k miles, runs well. Aftermarket headunit, 2 12" subwoofers. Stock except AEM intake. Also thrown in is a complete b18b1 engine (dis-assembled.)

I am definetly close to doing this, he needs to work out a few things. This car would be my daily/winter driver to compliment the MR2 Turbo but I don't want it to be a complete dog. So my questions are:

Is there any easy (read: cheap, no forced-induction) way to get power out of the 1.5 sohc non-vtec?

Would the b18b1 make good na power? If not, how much money (estimating) could I get for the engine?

Is a b18c1 a good/viable swap into this car?

This car won't get too much in the way of mods, but I think I'll slap some Rota Circuit 8's on there, lower it and lose the subs. I want a D.D. with some pep; the car doesn't need to be a beast. The MR2 will have a 20G turbo and put down ~300rwhp. This just needs to get me to work and through snow. Thanks in advance.

Here's a picture of the car:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mstr22u/civic2.jpg

 

thats a good deal..

you can remove those subs and sell them to a local rice shop to save money for perfoamance parts!!

i say go for it!

the gsr engine is a good swap infact, many ppl have talked about this and i am sure you can find loads of threads about swappin the gsr in there.. gl

 

Amazing. On our local forums, all Honda owners do is flame. Reading through here these seem to be inhabited by nice and knowledgable people.

Good forums!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mstr22u &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Amazing. On our local forums, all Honda owners do is flame. Reading through here these seem to be inhabited by nice and knowledgable people.

Good forums! </TD></TR></TABLE>

you obviously have not been here very long... =-)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mstr22u &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Amazing. On our local forums, all Honda owners do is flame. Reading through here these seem to be inhabited by nice and knowledgable people.

Good forums! </TD></TR></TABLE>

ur going to be hooked to honda-tech