if you are mechanically inclined the swap will be very easy to do its a direct bolt in swap the only thing is the engine harness will need to be switched for lhd if you buy a jdm b16 but you should be able to use your sohc vtec one the first swap my buddies and i did took a couple days just because we never really knew what all needed to be done and it was a learning process our best record to date on a swap is about 8 hours and thats dropping 2 motors and installing one. as for cost my b16 in my hatch cost me just shy of 3000 and that includes all the parts and everything on the hmo warranty