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[amy@af]

mellowboy, no hard feelings. but you were the first one to say you were sick of hearing everyone talk about turbo. we'll i'm equally tired of everybody suggesting the b16. he doesn't want to drop $7000 on building up a b16. there is no tuning issues with sohc. what are you talking about? it needs no more tuning than any other. and if you build a turbo setup and not just drop turbo in, your car will run like cake. matter of fact, less stress because you chill in lower rpm.
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most newbie that come in here are looking for a cheap swap they can do themselves. then they are told the b16. they get all hyped and then quickly discouraged. i hear it everyday... 10+ e-mails alone about swaps (go ask cwbetb, he still gets mail, he handed the site over almost a year ago) saying they can't wait to do a b16...how do you do it? i give them some links. they come back bummed saying that was more work than they wanted to get into...costs more than they wanted to spend...and what is my next suggestion. that is why i asked what time he wanted to run and how much of a budget.

not all the newbies want just a built engine. Fireforge79 being a perfect example. he also wants a bodykit and rims.

btw, people aren't down for me because i try and shut people up. they are down for me because i have been around for 3 years answering questions everyday...like a broken record...some of the questions are repeated so often i'm working on a whole new how-to section on the site. some of these people like setanta, travis_118, habibb88, EF9JDM, cwbetb and others have also hung in there...and they get the same respect. we don't just drive 4th gens...we eat, sleep, and breathe honda. :flash:

ami

[ci5ic]

I agree with Ami. I originally wanted to do a B16A transplant really badly. I knew that I wanted a newer engine dropped into my car, but the reason I chose the B16 was because that's all I ever heard about. After researching it some more, I chose the D16Y8, which is really much more suitable for my needs and my level of experience. It was just cuz I had B16 crammed down my throat from day one, and I never really knew about the other swaps.

[Melt]

not all the newbies want just a built engine. Fireforge79 being a perfect example. he also wants a bodykit and rims/

I guess I might be an example of a newbie cause before I even thought of doing any engine modz, I wanted to get my stereo decent, and then clears on the front (i ended up doing clears before the stereo but whatever)