b-16 all the way, get all the bolt ons and head work and you sholud be running strong. a friend of mine had one in a 88 hatch made 2 1\4 or 2 1\2 exhaust pipe made cold air intake and comptech headers and his best time was 14.0 on drag radials. oh yeah he was gutted. what year is your hatch cause 88 is the lightest, and so was his he was also running the similar to type r closed geared ratio tranny ys1.