Sorry if im ignorant, for all i know its a very common deal. I was looking at deck heights and head cc and it looked like it would actually raise the compression.

What kinda power can one expect stock? what about with a fair amount of head work?

 

i did it for the hell of it a long time ago.
b18c head, milled 20 thou on a stock 99si bottom end with ITR cams.
low end was ok, top end felt like it wasn't "breathing".. almost like the motor wasn't getting enough air. never dyno'd it... but i would just stick with the b16 head. that's the way honda wanted it.

 

This is my Actual set up.When i had my boosted b18c the damm sleeve blew open so i had to get another block.A gs-r was hard to so i opted for a b16a block.But i bored the block 20 over and that actually made a difference in torque.Also the b18 head raises comp because the b18 has welded combution chambers compared to the b16 hemi chambers.Hope this helps!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Anybody else, opinions? I dont see why this wouldnt be a great setup.

 

I saw some flow bench results on both heads and they were only 1 or 2 cfm apart at .500. Someone has to know why this isnt a good setup, or if it is a good setup. Logically it seams a good one to me.