97 civic ex

[krayziejcs]

I recently bought a 97 civic ex, i'm thinkin about swappin the engine to the b16a, well my question is will the b16a engine from jdm sir 89-91 fit my car, some1 told me that i should get a usdm b16, is that engine the same one as the one on the sir II????????
My car has high miles but they all highway miles should i swap the engine or just fix up that one???



any1 know some website to find more info about this??????

[liquidflame8]

well if you have the cash you should get the b16 or b18c1. and if you wanted it smog legal you would have to get a usdm one and it would have to be of the same year or newer. the 88-91 b16 was cable tranny so you would have to get a cable to hydraulic conversion kit. and you would have to change it to obd2 becuase it's obd0. and i don't know how hard that would be but i hear it's a pain in the ass and you would just be better off getting one of your year or newer if you have the money. If you don't want to spend 3000+ on a swap you could do stuff to your motor but it won't be near as quick. I don't know how much speed you want so i don't know if you'll be happy with that. i think the greddy turbo kit is around 1500 for your motor so that would be an option.