what swap to do on my 90 SI hatch?
02-09-2003, 08:43 AM
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what swap to do on my 90 SI hatch?
well iv been away from here for a long time,,since i sold my 96 GSR,,and 94 hatch
i also had to re register,,i used to b Wratch of VTEC 96 on here
now im just down to my 90 SI hatch,,which is now silverstone metallic,,and looks pretty good now,,but i need a swap
i was thinkin GSR swap,,but could anyone tell me what swap would b the best for my daily driver??
some local shops said a b20 swap would b better
but i dont know much about it,,and what it contains
could u comment on it??
also ,,i would like to know some qtr mile times for each swap
and about how much it will cost
thanks mike
i also had to re register,,i used to b Wratch of VTEC 96 on here
now im just down to my 90 SI hatch,,which is now silverstone metallic,,and looks pretty good now,,but i need a swap
i was thinkin GSR swap,,but could anyone tell me what swap would b the best for my daily driver??
some local shops said a b20 swap would b better
but i dont know much about it,,and what it contains
could u comment on it??
also ,,i would like to know some qtr mile times for each swap
and about how much it will cost
thanks mike
02-09-2003, 02:05 PM
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It's all about the money.
If you have the cash on hand for a B18C GS-R swap, get it, plain and simple. If you get one of those, you will never look back. If you can't afford that, the B20 is a great choice also. The only problem is you would still need to buy a complete B18A/B swap to have all the nessicary parts since the B20B/Z is sold in longblock form only, thus making the swap not too cheap. The best value is the B16, as it is the cheapest road to B series engines, plus later you can swap in a GS-R longblock or save some more cash and build a B20 shortblock to handle VTEC range revs and swap it in place of the '16 block. Franken-motor fun.
If you have the cash on hand for a B18C GS-R swap, get it, plain and simple. If you get one of those, you will never look back. If you can't afford that, the B20 is a great choice also. The only problem is you would still need to buy a complete B18A/B swap to have all the nessicary parts since the B20B/Z is sold in longblock form only, thus making the swap not too cheap. The best value is the B16, as it is the cheapest road to B series engines, plus later you can swap in a GS-R longblock or save some more cash and build a B20 shortblock to handle VTEC range revs and swap it in place of the '16 block. Franken-motor fun.
02-09-2003, 05:48 PM
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start out with a b16a1 for fun...they are cheap and readily available...they are also the easiest vtec b series motor to swap into the ef civics...for $2k you can have a nice b16a in there (with mounts and some mods) and later on if you want to add displacement you can get a b18/b20 block and swap on the items the b16a had