Originally Posted by civicman77
i just bought a 1999 civic ex with a b16a complete swap the shortblock has a hole in it. so i took the heads off to make sure there still good. and there just fine now my question is what block to put back on. should i go with a b16a or a 1.8 ls. i dont have thousands to throw in this project so what would be the most cost efficient.
Personally if the block had a hole in it, I wouldn't use anything off of it. I would go with another B16A setup. But if you insist that the head is good, and definetely wanted the extra displacement I would go with a B20 bottom end and not a LS (GSR would be on the expensive side).