I have recently bought a 1997 Civic Hatchback 1.4i Si (europian version) I am in iceland, it has a d14a4 in it right now and was talking to the website totaljdm about buying an engine b16b, question for all is this the best place to buy? is it the best engine? any coment would be appreciated!

 

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i've only dealt with hmotorsonline.com, they are respectable. I never dealth with totaljdm, but have a rule of thumb when it comes to stores/shops/garages with the title *jdm*. Just seems like sillyness, reguardless what are you plans for your car. Autocross, drag, jdm stunna...

 

The b16b is for bling factor IMO. It is a great engine, don't get me wrong, but it still lacks torque. Id look into a b18c1 or a b18c(5). OR you could get the b16b and put in ITR crank, rods and pistons and have the same thing as a b18c(5) and itll only read b16b.

 

Yeahi heard that, I was just hearing that a b18c1 was a pain to install into a europian spec civic, (Icelandic Sales Clerk at local motorsports shop) althought I want to think that there wou;d not be that much difference between the two. Thanks for the help thought ill definently look into it. Patience is a good thing on installing something this big, or expensive.

 

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No difference installing a b18c1 vs b16b except for a few minor things like the secondary IAB wiring on the b18c1....

 

Cool, cool, thanx man, I'll look into it. So which is really better, is it cost over performance or what?