i have a 98 civic ex and i amlooking to do a swap .. i have an offer for an ls motor with less then 40k on it for a $1000..from my local shop.. or should i save and do a b18c swap?? i plan on working the motor and putting in a turbo in the near future.. what my best bet? the shop wants 3800 for a gsr swap

 

SEARCH. AND STOP USING CAPS.

 

learn to type in lower case letters you *******.

do what you want.. why don't you just get the LS for 1,000 and then do an LS/VTEC. Get a B16 vtec head.. walla.. You just saved about 1500 bucs.

 

get that......and don't use caps ****!!

ls more torque stock great for turbo...go for it!!!

 

ls+turbo=fun

or so you can understand...

LS+TURBO=FUN


just buy the b18 for a grand. if that is the complete changeover thats a pretty good deal. even if it's just the motor and tranny it's not bad.

 

sorry bout the caps,,

 

i want a serious street car not some laughed at civic.. im nervous cause some peole are saying dont go with it cause it isnt vtec.. and i figuredi would make it an ls VTEC but i heard they are not reliable at all .. how much could i get a b16 or b18c1.. the cheapest i found was 2800-3800-

 

Get the LS and boost it

 

well odviously the people you are talking to dont know what the hell there talkin about....b18b is a great engine for boost or too build and vtec it like has allready been said... as far as reliability....build it correctly and it will last as long as you want....

 

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agree

 

dude, do a search on it. this has been covered/debated/raged about for a long time now here on ht.

 

What are you looking to get out of the car?

You dont' even need to boost it if you don't need to, for the cost of that gsr swap you could build an LS/VTEC. And if you look through the classifieds i'm sure you could build it for less. LS parts are cheap.

Of course if you're going turbo, you could always keep what you've got, the y8 is a fine start, slap in turbo pandas piston/rod setup for 520 I think is what he was selling it for. You'd have to notch the block as well. Boost it, that setup can handle 1.3 bar I believe with a blockguard and tuning. And boost 1 bar daily. Which is a lotta power with the right turbo.

Find an STD manifold, oil lines, blazzay blah. And still be below what it'd cost to get a gsr.

 

WOW.