Hi, im about to do a swap in my civic, if i can pool the money before my transmission goes i want to et a jspec GSR if not ill wind up getting a b16a2 also jspec. anyway my question is what can i do to the b16 to give it some more *****. i have a 94 ex and the 35 whp diffrence between the d16z6 and b16a2 isnt much, so what should i do to the engine to get it to go faster than a gsr OH i will also be turboing in the future so no overbore or anything like that. thanks

 

since you don't want to get in the block, just get big *** cams.

 

dude get a 1.8 block you will rape. and hay b16a2=new si nothing j-spec about that. dont play with the puny 1.6 crank. get displacement. yea i know you are going to say no the r/s ratio is bettter in a b16a but that extra tq will be worth it belive me.

 

Yeah, maybe a throttle body, exhaust, basically anthing that can still be used with your new engine

 

I think you answered your own question

 

Dispalcement=TORQUE try to get the 1.8 if you can if not get the bolt on's for the B16

 

ya i know torque=GOOD
so what some of you are saying is get the b18 block.
how much work would go into that and what about price?
for now this is my daily driver so it can only be out of comission for a day or 2 at the most.
im probably going to wind up sticking with the b16 block and heres the basic setup im thinking
b16a (2,3 etc etc) probably jspec. i want my extra 10hp.
jun stage 3 cams (if someone knows better ones please let me know)
type r manifold (same thing, if someone knows better tell me!)
i/h/e
thats only pre turbo. what kind of wheel horsepower would that throw down, about 170? thats enough to go mustang 5L raping he he he j/k i like mustangs, just dont like some of the mentallity of a few of the drivers.
thanks to everyone for their help, i have picked up sooo much knowledge off this board and im still very new to this whole tuning thing.
any other suggestions on what to add (that will transfer over to the turbo) would be greatly appreciated. thanks again guys.


[Modified by KAMiN, 9:17 AM 9/21/2001]

 

Since you're eventually going turbo, I'd get the standard B16. Not only will it be about 2 grand cheaper, but it has a more friendly compression ratio for turbos.

Unless you plan on doing a bottom-end buildup, then it won't matter - as long as you can afford the initial premium of the 170 hp engine. If it were me, I'd get the cheaper engine, and use the extra cash to cover the cost of N/A stuff until you go turbo.