Need some advice on what engine to turbo for 93 Prelude

[YourPimp]

I have a 93 Prelude Si, the stock motor is dead, so I need a new one, really not sure if I want to keep the car naturally aspirated, or maybe go with a turbo, if I keep it natural than the obvious engine to get would be the h22a, but if I was to turbo wich would be the better engine, going w/ another h23a or the h22a ? i dont kno alot wich is why I am here asking, I have heard that the h23 is the better engine to turbo, is that because maybe it has a better cr ? i really dont kno, if anyone could get me those specs that would be great, also the 2.3 is 165hp I believe while the h22a is 200, but when turboing would that hp difference matter ? if you turbo the vtech wouldnt that make the vtech engagement obsolete ? therefore losing hp ? if someone could clear up this for me it would be appreciated, i just am guessing at all of this, thanks. by the way, I am reffering to the h22 jdm vtech engine, not the usdm one, I believe the US version is 94-96 and has a 10:1 cr while the JDM is the 92-96 and has a 10.6:1 cr.

[DjiNN_Inc]

what are your goals? if you want to boost on stock internals....... best choice would be LS (b18b), or you could get a gsr..... but it will cost more. You can run about 12ibs on the LS while you can only run about 7-8 on the GSR. (stock internals). If you are planning to build the motor later.. then i would go with the GSR.

[YourPimp]

Originally Posted by DjiNN_Inc

what are your goals? if you want to boost on stock internals....... best choice would be LS (b18b), or you could get a gsr..... but it will cost more. You can run about 12ibs on the LS while you can only run about 7-8 on the GSR. (stock internals). If you are planning to build the motor later.. then i would go with the GSR.

Remember tho, this is a Prelude we are talking about, my goals are to beef up the internals enough to eventually push around 20psi, but untill then run 6-8 psi on stock internals, but you would go w/ a b18 in a prelude ? you would have to have boost just to make up for the loss of displacment, im not really worried about what has the best cr stock, I am going to beef the engine up, so if you can run 12psi stock to b18b, but beef up a h23a to run 12psi that would destroy the b18, then im gonna wanna go w/ the h23a (more potential). But your advice is greatly appreciated, if you dissagree w/ any of my comments feel free to voice your opinion again as like I said before I dont kno a whole lot, just guessing here. But I dont plan on having a ghetto turbo running at minimal boost, if that helps at all as far as my goals go.

[CivicSpoon]

I'd go with the h23a just because you want to run low boost before building up. You could always swap a h22a head on it later if you wanted to when it's all built, give it some more power. Just my opinion.