Originally Posted by hondatech
It's funny when I hear ppl comparing the GSR to a 99-00 si and they say the b16a is has no torque but then act like the b18c does. Sure it has a little more, but honestly Honda's never had torque to begin with hence the forced induction/NOS craze. When somebody on here talks about how much better the b18c is over a b16a it makes me think they are just repeating what somebody else said on some other forum.
not a big difference, but i drove a b16a powered hatch and a b18c1 powered hatch one after the other. the difference can be felt, not night and day, but the 10 lbs of torque is there.
it may be little torque, but it's across the rev range.