Oh No You Didn't

[JDMstatus23]

...sucker tried to play me but you never paid me lol

anyway i was at one of my car club meetings last night and we just got two new members that are really gear head, i mean mad scientist, i told them that i was building a motor while i wait to get my shell. i told them it was an SI motor and they scoffed??!?!? the said SI's are cool but if i did the LS VTEC that i'd be alot happier. the said with the SI i'd need a rolling start and with LS-V i'd be able to handle a dig.....word??? lol what does TR think, help me out cuz i was gonna buy a SI block

[99si]

well what are you doing with it turbo/N.A/supercharge?


i would go for a ls/vtec for turbo

[JDMstatus23]

yeah i was gonna do turbo

[JDMstatus23]

this is an interesting read on the ls-vtec..

The LS/VTEC Swap

[InsaneCivicCoupe]

You can build them all to be the same. If you sleeve it you can bore whichever one the same. Switch out the crank/rods for the longer stroke, etc....

[JDMstatus23]

ehh i'm probably just gonna stick with the b16 cuz ultimately i think it would be cheaper and more reliable

[gsxr0407]

its still the same price to build any of the motors you listed. doing the the ls/vtec conversion is cheap.

[ekhatchboy]

i'd just build a gsr with b16 head for boost...

[KJ]

Always go with the bigger motor. Building a b16a is a waste of time/money, especially N/A.

[ekhatchboy]

b16's are good motors but not really for building. i mean they have a good rod stroke ratio but ls-V or Gsr will make more power and torque!

[InsaneCivicCoupe]

Meh.... Guess I'll have to show all the non believers what a B16 block can do

[Bite_Size]

Originally Posted by ekhatchboy

i'd just build a gsr with b16 head for boost...

why would u do that? a b16 head would yield a higher comp than just sticking to a gsr head.


and if u wanted turbo i would just do a LS block with upgraded LS internals other than the water an oil pump in favor for the vtec compnents and gsr head for lower comp and more volume. with upgraded valvetrain.

just my $.02

[Bite_Size]

Originally Posted by InsaneCivicCoupe

Meh.... Guess I'll have to show all the non believers what a B16 block can do

+1 i'm on a project b16 myself

[JDMstatus23]

+2 the b16 is a great motor in my eyes
i'm just confused cuz the are so many combos i can still choose from before i buy a block ya know. i'm only lookin to get 300-350 horsepower on boost of course

[gsxr0407]

People make 700-800 whp out of b16's. It just requires more boost to reach that level versus the biGger motors