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I am planning on buying an engine to drop in a little 5th gen. I am not sure if I will have enough money to get a GSR engine. 
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Should I get a B18 LS non-vtec engine or a B16 SI engine?
I do plan on going turbo, eventually. I want to go with the engine with the most potential.
So My Question Is:
Should I get a B18 LS non-vtec engine or a B16 SI engine?
I do plan on going turbo, eventually. I want to go with the engine with the most potential.
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Rep Power: 0 The thing is that my friend's friend has an LS integra and it is slow as ****. With I/H/E it ran a 16.1. Of course he also is a pretty lousy driver.
B18(ls) = 140 hp & 127lbs torque
B16 = 160hp & 111 lbs torque
B18(ls) = 140 hp & 127lbs torque
B16 = 160hp & 111 lbs torque
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by Ike
The thing is that my friend's friend has an LS integra and it is slow as ****. With I/H/E it ran a 16.1. Of course he also is a pretty lousy driver.
B18(ls) = 140 hp & 127lbs torque
B16 = 160hp & 111 lbs torque
The thing is that my friend's friend has an LS integra and it is slow as ****. With I/H/E it ran a 16.1. Of course he also is a pretty lousy driver.
B18(ls) = 140 hp & 127lbs torque
B16 = 160hp & 111 lbs torque
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Rep Power: 0 Go with the H22! More displacment and loads more potential and you can run 13.5's with a stock motor.
Now out of the two choices you gave, the b18b way less compression, and longer gearing. Both better for turbo.
Now out of the two choices you gave, the b18b way less compression, and longer gearing. Both better for turbo.
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Rep Power: 0 Originally posted by Travii
Go with the H22! More displacment and loads more potential and you can run 13.5's with a stock motor.
Now out of the two choices you gave, the b18b way less compression, and longer gearing. Both better for turbo.
Go with the H22! More displacment and loads more potential and you can run 13.5's with a stock motor.
Now out of the two choices you gave, the b18b way less compression, and longer gearing. Both better for turbo.
13.5 with a stock H22!! I hope you meant in a gutted hatch.
the H22 isnt the best motor to turbo, infact neither is the B series. None of them quite perform as well as the new K series...but i guess that isnt an option. A good turbo setup is the LS block with a GSR, or Si head. Very popular around here, and has hatches hitting 12's. that way you still get VTEC, and good torque, and good compression. Plus it saves on room, and weight. The H22 is a BIG motor, trust me, ive been working on my buddies 97 Prelude for the past couple of weeks. Its turbocharged, at 5 psi, and running just over 200whp. you dont even want to know how pissed he is that i am gonna have just I/H/E plus an ECU upgrade on my K series, and be at the same HP as him.
the H22 isnt the best motor to turbo, infact neither is the B series. None of them quite perform as well as the new K series...but i guess that isnt an option. A good turbo setup is the LS block with a GSR, or Si head. Very popular around here, and has hatches hitting 12's. that way you still get VTEC, and good torque, and good compression. Plus it saves on room, and weight. The H22 is a BIG motor, trust me, ive been working on my buddies 97 Prelude for the past couple of weeks. Its turbocharged, at 5 psi, and running just over 200whp. you dont even want to know how pissed he is that i am gonna have just I/H/E plus an ECU upgrade on my K series, and be at the same HP as him.
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Originally posted by Travii
Go with the H22! More displacment and loads more potential and you can run 13.5's with a stock motor.
Now out of the two choices you gave, the b18b way less compression, and longer gearing. Both better for turbo.
Go with the H22! More displacment and loads more potential and you can run 13.5's with a stock motor.
Now out of the two choices you gave, the b18b way less compression, and longer gearing. Both better for turbo.
Can you say understeer? the H is enough to give a Prelude a heafty case of understeer none-the-less a 2000 lb Hatch.
Go with a B18B... makes turbo engine management simpler because theres no VTEC to deal with. Lower compression, more displacement (37cc more than a B18C1)... Thats where I'd say to go. Unless of course a B20 is an option....
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but the b18 ls motor also has a lower compression and a larger displacement, like they say "there is no replacement for displacement"
but the b18 ls motor also has a lower compression and a larger displacement, like they say "there is no replacement for displacement"
But it's true that the b18b handles boost better.
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Yes there is, it's called forced induction
But it's true that the b18b handles boost better.
Yes there is, it's called forced induction
But it's true that the b18b handles boost better.
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Rep Power: 0 Well, I talked to my friend at work and I am pretty sure I am getting his hydrolocked GSR engine to work on. I would rather do that so with mods be running 13s, it would be nice. I'll keep ya'll updated.
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This is what I am aiming for right off the bat. It will take me a while considering I dont get paid enough and I still have bills.
Just think, being able to beat stock corvettes and still being able to get 30 mpg.
This is what I am aiming for right off the bat. It will take me a while considering I dont get paid enough and I still have bills.
Just think, being able to beat stock corvettes and still being able to get 30 mpg.
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Rep Power: 0 my boyfriend just got a b18c also for his hatch & will have it in next weekend 
thanks to my encouragement, he almost got a b16, but I talked him into the b18
I can't wait! I think I'm more excited about it than he is.
thanks to my encouragement, he almost got a b16, but I talked him into the b18
I can't wait! I think I'm more excited about it than he is.
