97civicEXVTEC

im starting to look for swaps for my civic..
ive decided to go b16b (civic type r) and boost it down the road.. now my ? is, how low of a compression piston would you recomend for this high reving, high comp engine? any engine+boost suggestions would be nice also..thx

qtiger

Why in the world would you buy an expensive high compression, low displacement naturally aspirated motor and then build for turbo?

97civicEXVTEC

i thought it was dumb after i posted but didnt feel like editing.. do you think the b16b is a good swap for this car? i was thinking about b16a but i think 185hp will pull a little better then 170ish.. if im gonna do a swap, why not do the bigger an better one right?

qtiger

A turbo b18b would be better than either b16, and cheaper too.

With turbo you're more concerned about displacement and how much air your turbo is pushing than anything else.

b16ahybrid

First off what kind of budget are you working with?
How much for the motor (complete swapped and running) and down the road how much do you have for the turbo? What kind of power are you looking to make?

97civicEXVTEC

i can get a 'complete swap' for just under 4 grand and i dont think i will be going fi.. probaly just end up stopping after swap.. i just want something better then the y8, im not looking for a 12 second car..

b16ahybrid

If 4K is your budget get a B18c1.
The b16 is called the torqueless wonder for a reason.
With 4K you will have enough left over for some mods.

96scD16

why dont you just supercharge or turbo your y8. I have a supercharged 200 whp y8 with the stock internals and 100,000+ miles and I have been driving this setup for about 2 years without one single problem. And have done everything fairly inexpensively.
96 civic ex
jrsc @ 10 psi
hondata s200 w/ boost option
550 injectors
CAI and Headers
port and polished head
heat wrap
2.25 exhaust w/ test pipe(no cat)

1995Civic

I would not boost a B16B. That's got NA written all over it. LS/Vtec turbo, or B20/turbo, or you could get a little more technical and throw a Vtec head on there....

daveb91

+1 on the d series

Go look at www.d-series.org