Hey guys... Just picked up a 96 Integra LS (B18B1) with about 70k miles on it, and I'm trying to decide between doing an LS/VTEC swap or strapping a turbo to it. I've heard the LS/VTEC is unreliable, is this true? I'm not working with a very big budget, and this car is going to be daily driven on the street. Anyone got an opinion on which I should do?

 

Welcome to Honda-Tech. You will find that the "Search" feature at the top right corner of the screen is useful in finding out just about everything you could ever possibly want to know about the questions that you are asking. Please do adequate research, and then post questions that research alone can not answer for you.

 

boost it and thank me later

 

why not do both? i'm planning on it.

 

Haha, I dont really have the money for both : ( otherwise I would be all over that. I'm just looking to grab about 200 whp for now.

 

boost it!

 

LS Vtec is a headache and costs a grip also takes awhile to build up.... Plus you get to hear the PSssshhhHHHh

 

707 i saw your silver eclipse before look nice

 

if you're looking for 200whp, then boost it. i have friends that have built ITR engines, and they still only make about 195 whp, although the power id completely different.

 

Boost baby boost! you'll luv it

 

 

I spent over $4000 Ls/Vtec build (still reasonably cheap for what I got ) and after putting 12k miles on it, I'm wishing I had just turbo'd my LS Do yourself a favor and turbo unless you want to spend a grip of cash trying to reach 200whp with an all motor setup

 

im deciding too what to do , but i say boost

 

boost it

 

ls vtec or turbo thread # 9829832. Please search

 

I built my LS/VTEC for around $1000, and if only my LS head was good, I would have just gone LS Turbo. Boost it dude, from an LS/VTEC owner, I would rather rev to 6500 with a ton more power then rev to 8200 and worry every time I do it.

 

I got a LS turbo I usually drive on low boost which is 10psi. I love the LS turbo and the car moves. So, I would say turbo if I was you right now and you can hit 200hp, a lot quicker then building a LS/Vtec.

 

Boost it.

 

boost it and please use search too, many including me have learned the hard way that search is your friend

 

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its about time someone tells a noob to search WITHOUT being a dick about it

 

if you have never built a motor, or if your not very mechanically inclined i would not build a lsvtec. you really need to know what your doing to do it right. and don't just trust a shop to build you 1. around my town our of the 5 lsvtecs three of them are dead already.

 

why do people even compare the two? lsvtec cannot compare to turbo in the power department. To me lsvtec is almost like a stock motor.