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honestly if i was going to swap my car it would either be a b18c5 or k20

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Originally Posted by hotong (Post 6868981)

honestly if i was going to swap my car it would either be a b18c5 or k20

not everyone is going to have the cash to get these engines. :p

civic-b16a
integra b18c1

Bang for your buck

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Originally Posted by spoon.ek9 (Post 6869480)

not everyone is going to have the cash to get these engines. :p

Bang for your buck, your not going to get anything better then the B18c1. I've had one in my EG since 2001. Still running awesome, lots of parts available.

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Originally Posted by Spoon_Fed (Post 6866701)

Don't get discouraged. I told you, there will ALWAYS be people who are against the whole LS/Vtec, and there will ALWAYS be the die hards who swear by this conversion. I'm really neither; rather, someone who can appreciate both arguements. But like I said before, LS/Vtec conversions can be reliable. I know of a couple people who have done this, and neither one of them have had any issues.

Try calling around to a few of the local shops, like some of the sponsers/Garage 5. See what they say. Most of these shops have most likely done all of your suggestions a million times over. They'll know the first hand pros and cons. Not to mention the cost of each route.

Bottom line, you'll have a car that's waaay more fun to drive in the end! :thumbsup:

fair enough, i think at this point calling around, doing some research and find what appeals to me the most is the best thing to do. thanks everyone for your input. i most likely will wind up tossing b18c in there, ill make a thread to document it once everything is up to date and what not.

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Originally Posted by garage.adrian (Post 6871605)

Bang for your buck, your not going to get anything better then the B18c1. I've had one in my EG since 2001. Still running awesome, lots of parts available.

if you had read what i was replying to, i wasn't talking about b16a2 vs b18c1.

agreed in a teg, no point going lower in displacement, the b16 in my eg has been great taken some high revs too, i guess all honda motors do ? :P

B18c1 is awesome. If u do a full swap and get the Gsr trany it would be sweet. A little on the expensive side tho.

How come nobody does h22 swaps in dc2's? Using the h to b trany kit sounds pretty decent. Had the h22 in my 94 accord and it was pretty quick. Tempted to do this swap with my dc2.
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Originally Posted by jeffwilliams17 (Post 7289051)

if i had a DC i would do it, awesome swap in my EG