B16B buildup questions

[Ricochet]

I need some help gaining power in my CTR engine swap. This is a daily driver and I already have i/h/e. Will a pulley fit on this engine from my DX? Does anybody have experience working on these engines?

[mellowboy]

What u want the pulley from the dx? If you want more power. I'd say you get some more agressive cams (something like skunk2 stage 2 cams!) along with cam gears and skunk2 manifold. Chip your ecu with either mugen, spoon, jun or skunk. Pretty decent set up rite there.

[Ricochet]

I want the pulley from my old D16 because it's an aftermarket one from Unorthadox Racing, weighing way less than the stock one. Cost me $200 too...

[jcrx]

Keep your CTR onr, it is balanced from the factory and already a common upgrade that people look for. If you want more ower it is going to cost you, since the B16B is already a hell of a N/A motor. Like mentioned above you can get into some cams, or break it open and up the piston. Though Spoon has an "engine repair" that stroke it to 1800cc

http://www.modacar.com/products/Honda/Civic/MODAENK/

[B16EJ1]

Bump your c/r even higher w/ a Mugen head gasket and work the head.
As already mentioned, a stroker kit would'nt hurt.

[Ricochet]

Originally posted by jcrx
Keep your CTR onr, it is balanced from the factory and already a common upgrade that people look for. If you want more ower it is going to cost you, since the B16B is already a hell of a N/A motor. Like mentioned above you can get into some cams, or break it open and up the piston. Though Spoon has an "engine repair" that stroke it to 1800cc

http://www.modacar.com/products/Honda/Civic/MODAENK/

wow, $1169 doesn't seem too bad for all that. What kind of power gains will I see by raising the c/r from 10.8 to 11.3?

I like how they call it an "engine repair" kit lol

[mellowboy]

Originally posted by Ricochet

. What kind of power gains will I see by raising the c/r from 10.8 to 11.3?

Not very big but its still not bad. I'd go higher like 11:8 or go 12:1 and u can still use pump gus but u might just have to advance the timing just a bit to run it safely.

[Ricochet]

Do you think it's worth the $1,200?

[jcrx]

Originally posted by Ricochet
Do you think it's worth the $1,200?

Since you're not just raising compression, you would be stroking it almost 200cc yes that is a good price, and I would think it is a misprint stock replacments of those parts alone would cost a lot more.


EDIT: I just got off the phone with Modacar and the price is correct, so if you have a B16B and are looking for more power and can rebuild, that is a damn good price for headgasket, pistons, rods, rings, wrist pins, and a crank, all fully balanced, and a stroker to boot.

[Ricochet]

I'd love to but now I'm eating grubs for lunch because of the engine cost alone... heh..

[mellowboy]

Originally posted by Ricochet
I'd love to but now I'm eating grubs for lunch because of the engine cost alone... heh..

Well thats what happens when you chose the ctr motor when u could've gone with gsr...its a 1.8 ltr more torque and cheaper!

[Ricochet]

I called for a gsr initially, but hmotorsonline only had an '01 costing $4k, which is exactly what I paid for the b16b. Which would you choose if they costed the same? I needed an engine asap also, that's why I couldn't wait for them to restock.

[jcrx]

If I was in that position I would have done the same thing. But it's a trade off. IMO the B16B is a better motor, but the GSR displaces more.

[Ricochet]

The gsr would have been more because I would need mounts also, so there's another $400-$600 from hasports. Plus I already have a header and exhaust, which will match up to the engine perfectly, so yeah, I did choose the right engine. I ended up going through www.Inlinefour.com to get it.

[mellowboy]

I would've chosen the gsr still. Maybe not for 4k but i'm pretty sure you can get one for 2400. If i was in your position yeh i'd choose the gsr over that 1.6 ltr. Like Jcrx said cause of the displacements.