Engine question

I want to do an engine swap in a civic ex....between the years 96-98 (still looking to buy one). I'm thinking about a B16, somethin basic, i've heard from guys that i can do a B18 easy but i want to keep everything pretty simple. Plus i found a turbo kit that's a straight bolt on, unless anyone knows a turbo that can be a direct bolt on for a B18? I live in Sacramento Cali so there are plenty of shops willing to do swaps, and i'm waiting for most of them to get back to me on prices for a swap. ANyways i'm wondering if anyone has any links or anything for a complete B16 (DOHC, VTEC, tranny, mounts? along with anything else i'd need) or even B18...what have you guys paid for a complete swap? I want to do a turbo but i'm not up for paying the $95 an hour labor to bend piping for a 20 hour custom turbo. I found a couple B16's outta Japan for $3500 + shipping - tranny. Can anyone beat that price? or have somewhere that includes a tranny? DO i even need to swap the tranny? I'm a :newbie: to the engine swap thing, it makes sence that i'd need to change the tranny but not sure....:1zhelp:

That price for the B16 sounds a little high. I know you can get a B18C1 delivered to your house for about $3,300 (shipping included), and I would prefer the 18C1 over the 16.

And yes you will need a new tranny.

You would also be better off changing that civic from obd2 to obd1 because there isnt much tuning capabilities and stuff for a 0bd2 car from what i hear...

I was looking into a b16 while back and found a local shop selling a complete 0bd-0 thats 88-91 tough for 1300 or so on everything...But i didnt wanna go back to 0bd-0 i never asked them on there 0bd-1 setup...Shouldnt be much more tough..

B18 is a simple swap in a Ek hell we used all stock mounts and had to make a new hole in rear motor mount to fit the bolt but that was a little drilling...

Goodluck to whatever you do tough...

Kicker, any idea on any links or anything for those prices? Does that price come with the tranny?

Rush Obd1 Obd2? Can you explain? It says regular but i'm a newbie to all the engine stuff

do a searcg. there is tons of info out there.

Kicker, any idea on any links or anything for those prices? Does that price come with the tranny?

you just have to look around man, like here on ebay is a gsr motor for $2,000 buy it now price and less than $250 for shipping.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-B18C1-ENGINE-B18-B18C-J-SPEC-GSR-STRONG-CLEAN_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33615QQitemZ80200 55358QQrdZ1
It says it was imported from japan, but it wasn't. it's a gsr motor, not the type r.
But there's just one of many good examples.

edit- or just buy and strip this car
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-Civic-ITR-B18C-JDM-CIVIC-INTEGRA_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6256QQitemZ4595 602243QQrdZ1

That civ would work if i had an extra 4k to spend or a week off work to go pick it up haha. I'm kinda trying to stay away from ebay...i'll look around though

www.hmotorsonline.com

0bd-0 88-91 i beleive,0bd-1 92-95,obd2 96 up

If you get a Ek civic that would be obd-2 since its 96-up, I had talked to a guy while back on tunning and he said theres not really any tunning capabilities for 0bd-2 so if you wanna build a good motor and get it tuned for the mods you have you would be best getting a jumper harness 0bd2 to a 0bd1 so you can have your engine tuned to the mods you have...