Originally Posted by
cyloc
If he wants to build it, he will have to spend a lot of money. Best thing to do is turbo it with an evo 8 head. then he will end up with a dohc turbo 2.4. But he will have to replace the rods and pistons bc they will snap like twigs. To do it right about 10k.
Very good, someone with knowledge. Alot of people don't know about the evo head swap. There are some people all motor with the evo 8 head swap non turbo pushing close to 250 whp. The internals are just as strong but a slight weaker than a gsx or gst. Safely you can boost up to 16 psi is the max most people are boosting. Very very few only 2 i know of that have the head swap and boost are pushing 18-20 psi, thats about close to 400 its all what he wants thought. A boosted 3g 4cyl will keep up with a lot of swapped civics and skeetles (srt-4's) if you want to see the mega numbers or just want safety in stead of pushing your motor internals are the way to go. pistons are just as expensive as any other car.
Tearstone Performance - Home will have them. They use the same rods as the 4g63t eclipses.
All in all its an expensive project. Just a kit alone is close to 3grand and the 1500 ebay kits suck!! the manifolds crack after 1k miles. i priced mine out if i built it myself and it came out to 2700 with all parts brand new. Honestly i'm trying to sell my 3g and use a 2g platform that way i can go stright for internals and not have to worry about boosting and internals.
If he has questions let me know. i search this shit all day