i am planning on doing a ls/vtec swap in my car but how reliable are they in the long run with boost

 

dam this sucks a am still a newbie to this ht and i cant get no help

 

Very open ended question, thats why you'll get little help.

What kind of setup will you be running? Who is building the motor? Lots of factors to determine if an ls/vtec motor will be reliable.

 

you should be fine. but boost a reliablity are not exactly in the same area.

 

very easy quetion...just like any other engine...boost or n/a, if built right can last for as long as u want it too

 

sorry for the sorry question i have a ls motor in my basement and i am having my cousin build my motr he has done it before i am just buying the stuff and getting it done i will have the setup for u guys tommorow

 

okay...i'll help you out here, most LS/Vtec motors tend to leak at the head gasket because of the drilling of the dowel pins(causes slight shift of the head/block alignment). if you want to build it yourself, and do not want to deal with the hassel of drilling the pins, IM FFgeoff, he came up with some dowel pins that drop right into an ls/b20 block and you can slap a vtec head on without drilling the vtec head. kinda makes it plug and play kinda...with the exception of tapping and plugging the original vtec oil ports.

and if built properly, will last just as long as any motor, boosted or not boosted.

 

thanks u are very helpfull
can u do a gsr head with a ls block

 

Mine is doing real well, but yes...it does leak oil.

Click the link for my setup:
http://www.gtrmotorsports.net/bios/jaybio.html

 

i would like to know can u drive a honda untuned i was told that u cant

 

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neither are LS/VTEC......

only reliable as you make it....you can't go slapping something to gether!!

 

Some of you obviously do not know what you're talking about or had a bad experience with lsvtec. I've had my LSVtec (91 LS block, 97 GSR head) since December, over 18,000 miles, doesnt leak or burn oil, daily driver and over 20 AutoX events. 11.7 cr, 201 whp, 137 torque. Find a good engine builder and no shortcuts.

 

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exactly. just don't use a 9/16" drill bit when drilling the dowel pin holes.

 

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hahaha... who the hell did that? also, i wouldn't say something that has been holding up for 18000 miles is necessarily all that reliable. thats only six oil changes... id say at least 40k with no major problems is enough to be considered reliable. but thats just me, whatever.