Hello all. I wanted to get your opinion on which to swap. I swapping out my B16a2 for a bit more power. Looking at LS turbo or GSR N/A. I know the LS will produce more power but my question is what best for realibility, bang for the buck, street? Hmm. Anyone? Thanks!

 

I'm partial to the boosted LS.

 

Why?

 

yes the relieabilty will be there as long as you do it right i would say go ls\turbo do it right it will be nice

 

ls/turbo=very nice

 

Yeah, what they said. Just don't scrimp on stuff, and you'll have lots of power and reliability.

 

Well the motor I'm looking at has about 70k on it. What parts do you sugguest I replace? Of course I didn't want to replace all parts at this moment because I'm dumping all my cash into the turbo. BTW Thinking of drag Gen 3 or F-max?

 

turbo kit = 3k

BUY A LS/CRV block and do ls/vtec. you already have the head/ecu/lingake ect.. your car is wired for vtec. buy a block.
build it 1st. then take ur motor out, then take the head off
youll be way more reliable, and for a hella lot cheaper.
and if u got 3k buy a crv block and u wont be sorry.
500 pistons
375 eagle rods
rebuild motor- parts at honda prob like 800 to be safe. including bearings/rings ect and any bullshit that may occur
crv motor 900 shipped, sell the head for 100 or so.
if u can find just a block it would be cheaper(good luck)
thats 2700
shit thats a 12 sec hatch for sure
and if u can afford it buy stroker crank for 750 and make it a 2.3
then u will need some dsm 440cc injectors to go with that

 

LS/VTEC is for all motor. If you wanna go turbo, forget the VTEC head and invest in the turbo kit and engine goodies.