Whats wrong with the B18A swap?

[mellowboy]

Originally posted by QuickSilverEF9
Thanks! Well I don't want to rebuild the transmission. So really all I need to do is find a low milage tranny. All b-series trannies will work right? I really want the LSD.

I was talkin about rebuilding the engine.

[EF_LSVtec]

Hahaha...

[Melt]

what is this, a 2 man show? LOL

[EF_LSVtec]

Well, now its a trio, thanks to you...How you been Melt?

[EF_LSVtec]

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[GTA]

really......hmmm.... you going?

[civicf/x]

I hope to do a engine swap with a turbo around may or so. Have to save up Now I'm not sure
what I should go with because I have seen sir civic's been beaten by ls engines to 100km/h or
so. But after that the vtec kicks in and the sir pulls away. If I do go with an ls I will
put on turbo and hope with the bigger displacement the ls will perform better then the sir.
And I can always put on a vtec head later as well. And I don't really want to go with B18c
because I'm told their quite pricey. Anyone have any ideas?

[91HBSi]

Originally posted by SiZ
B18 is a very good swap.. The only reason I went with a B16A is because its only a few hundred dollars more.. The B16 is faster and has a better tranny, but B18A in a hatch would be no slouch either.

A lot of people downtalk them because they don't come with the beloved VTEC, but then again most people saying that either have so much money they don't value the dollar, or they roll around with a D15A with an intake and exhaust and do all their racing on the internet and city streets.

The B16a isn't faster. The torque of the B18a/b makes up for the Hp gap. From my experiences the b18b has almost always won.

I would mate the b16a with the Ls tranny because the B18a/b has better ratios for drag. But I guess it depends on which tranny, because I would rather have LSD even though the ratios may not be as good.

[EF_LSVtec]

I've heard/seen how B18a/b turbo perform and its quick...but recently found out and read about B20 turbo and its night and day...I've heard nothing but good things about it...check it out maybe you'll change your mind too like I did...:flash:

[QuickSilverEF9]

Is b18b JDM? and b18a USM? Are there any major differences other than emissions? I haven't been finding many resources on the b18 a/b. A complete swap with everything replaced and new fluids on the b18a is $2800. . It is easier to push more horsepower out of an engine than to push more torque so I would rather go with the engine that is mildly lower in horsepower and much higher in torque. In these honda engines 10-15 lbs extra makes alot of difference.

[civicf/x]

I hope to do a engine swap with a turbo around may or so. Have to save up Now I'm not sure
what I should go with because I have seen sir civic's been beaten by ls engines (because of their
torque)to 100km/h or so. But after that the vtec kicks in and the sir pulls away. If I do go with an ls I will
put on turbo and hope with the bigger displacement the ls will perform better then the sir.
And I can always put on a vtec head later as well. And I don't really want to go with B18c
because I'm told their quite pricey and a little less torque. Anyone have any comments?

[EF_LSVtec]

B18a 90-93 model, not sure if there's an earlier model than 90...
B18b 94 and up

[EF_LSVtec]

yeah, i'm going...

[QuickSilverEF9]

Any performance differences between the two?

[EF_LSVtec]

130 HP for the B18a
140 HP for the B18b

here's more info... http://www.ff-squad.com/EngineSpecs1.htm