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B serie engine is a bit more common than the newly K serie engine, maybe cheaper too. One thing u have to consider is that the year of the engine have to be newer than the year of the car for you car to be consider legal in the states. For example, you cannot put a motor from a 2001 ITR into a 2002 Civic.
haha, I am with you konstanting. It will take me a few years before I have enough to get a new K serie engine. But it kinda sucks when my car have no engine mods except a "ghetto" intake because i don't want to buy anything that i have to take out later.
of course there is more mods for the b series right now...the K series has only been out for maybe 2 years...i know a B18 VTEC motor has been out since atleast 95. The K series is the way of the future, Honda did its homework before puttin it together. Just slap on any mod on that motor, and look at the responce that it has. They havent seen boosts in power like this out of any B series thats for sure. Plus the K20A2 has 200hp...the best a b series can do is 195hp in the type R motor.
Stick with the K series, you will be suprised. And companies have huge plans for the motor, its just that most of the parts are still being made, but even now, you can get most anything on the k series that you can get on a B series. Supercharger? Jackson Racing will have it out in June (talked with them myself about it), Turbo...talk about 260-270WHP from 5 psi., cams, flywheels, intake, race headers, exhausts, ECU upgrades....as i stated before, its only been out for 2 years and look at the attention its getting. I think "B-series what?"
Originally posted by NoBottleJustThrottle of course there is more mods for the b series right now...the K series has only been out for maybe 2 years...i know a B18 VTEC motor has been out since atleast 95. The K series is the way of the future, Honda did its homework before puttin it together. Just slap on any mod on that motor, and look at the responce that it has. They havent seen boosts in power like this out of any B series thats for sure. Plus the K20A2 has 200hp...the best a b series can do is 195hp in the type R motor.
Stick with the K series, you will be suprised. And companies have huge plans for the motor, its just that most of the parts are still being made, but even now, you can get most anything on the k series that you can get on a B series. Supercharger? Jackson Racing will have it out in June (talked with them myself about it), Turbo...talk about 260-270WHP from 5 psi., cams, flywheels, intake, race headers, exhausts, ECU upgrades....as i stated before, its only been out for 2 years and look at the attention its getting. I think "B-series what?"
Or all motor... I forget who built it... might have been Toda, but they built a stroked 2.4L DC5-R for Time Attack in Japan.... thing is a frickin monster.
But I agree... starting stock with 200 HP and an extra 200cc displacement, this should be a no brainer decision. Besides, as the B gets older, fewer parts will continue to come out, the engines will become harder to find and more expensive... meanwhile the K will be running in full swing. If I do actually do a swap ( a few years off for sure), it'd be a K20A2, or an equivelant plant, should a new, better one get released later.
If someone's made engine mounts for the B18 (or you get custom mounts) you can do it. It would also be advisable to change the tranny & axles, apart from the suspension & other bits.. (this motor is heaver than a K20) just my .02 cents
I just asked because i can get a b18 with upgraded internals for about 4000 installed. But that price was for a 96-00 civic swap. How much more do you think they would charge me for my 01 civic.
Originally posted by tdiddy I just asked because i can get a b18 with upgraded internals for about 4000 installed. But that price was for a 96-00 civic swap. How much more do you think they would charge me for my 01 civic.
I'm pretty sure it will cost a lot more. Later civic models have bigger engine bays and already have mounts out for that engine.
It would be better to find a used or wrecked 6th gen and put it in that. That would be your best option instead of putting it in your 7th gen. My .02 cents!
