is it worth it?

I have 96 civic dx coupe and i want a lot more power but i dont know if i want to get h22a and do all that work. my car isnt vtec and i was just wondering if you guys think it is worth getting a turbo kit for my 1.6L civic

How much power is alot of power to you. It all depends on how much time/money you want to put into your car. You could spend money on squeezing every once out of the 1.6 or you could get something w/ a better stock HP and torque rating and work on that. W/ my 95 civic I am opting to swap out to start w/ a better base. So I would say swap- although I would look into all the pro/cons that come w/ the H22 before spending any $$. It all depends on you cuz if any large amount of people actually answer this post you will probably be more confused and be given more options than you started out. My :2cents:

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Like stated above, its really what you want to spend/do. A that motor boosted lets say might put 160-180 at the wheels max with the motor being stock. An h22a will put around 180 at the wheels consistently. Then in the future you could always boost it. Keep in mind that an h22a swap in a civic can be costly when done RIGHT. Your motor mounts would have to be adressed as well as it is hight recommended that your strenghten your front suspension.

i heard that putting a b18c in a civic is a lot easier then a h22a is that true?

i'm pretty sure it is, correct me if i'm wrong. the h22 is too heavy i think. if you plan on doing the h22 swap, pretty much plan on just going in a straight line. i would do the b18c swap over the h22 cuz h22 aren't that good for turboing, but you could always supercharge it.

aight thanks for the advice man

does anybody know if you need to get a new tranmission if you get h22a. any opinions on b16

b18c the way to go for sure. Drops right in stock mounts all the wires are there, just change afew pins in the plugs, and the computeryour good soo much more than stock so many more rpm h22 takes alot of fabrication and money

does anybody know if you need to get a new tranmission if you get h22a. any opinions on b16

I would assume that you would need a new tranny since it it a completely diff. engine though I could be wrong. A b16 would be a cool engine to.

yup you need a different tranny fo rthe h22 and the b18c is prob the best swap.

i heard that the b16 is cheap but is it a good swap? and how much will the b18c run me for?

A B18c Is A Little More Expensive But Worth The Extra Costim Running For Around 2500 Dollars Total And With Time And Research It Is Possible To Do It For The Same Amount I Spent 9 Months Searching For The Right Motor/price (worth Every Minute Imo)

if u are going to boost it the go with a b18c1 swap if you can try to get one that is obd2a that is the same wiring as your civic
why b18c? one word "torque"

b20= awesome base, turbo=awesome power, b20 turbo=awesome car :icon16:
and besides, b20 are cheap.

b20 walls are too thin so there fore a b20 turbo= boooom!!

b20 walls are too thin so there fore a b20 turbo= boooom!!

yes they are thin compared to the rest of the b-series, but they aren't just going to blow just because u add a turbo. also out of all of them this is the cheapest engine to get, put a v-tec head and turbo and u will see 300 hp.

b18c turbo with 10psi or higher = booom. the truly best motor for f/i goes to the b18a/b, u can boost up to 12 psi stock, with the right internals and turbo, 600+ whp can be created.

b20's and b18 a/b have more torque than the b18c. the crv has 133 lb/ft of torque at 4500 rpms, as the b18c has 128 lb/ft of torque at 6200 rpm, so i don't see how you can say that b18c has lots of torque. i mean, it does, but other engines have more torque at lower rpms. the ls comes with like 130 lb/ft of torque i believe at like 4500 rpms as well.

the b18b only have 125 ft/lbs @ 5200 rpm's but i understand where you are coming from