Originally Posted by FooD2000
nope, motor is too old to handle more power. It's like John elway trying to play football again.
"open budget" ?! = endless money?!
B18b1 will get the most gains out of a v-tec / turbo upgade but... a Gsr engine will still be faster with the same amount of upgrades. that is what i think you hear with "b18b1 is more modable."
If you do have "open budget," fully built turbo charged B18c would be fun car for the weekends.
Fully built turboed GSR.
http://host49.ipowerweb.com/~tunedby...ntegradyno.wmv
i have an ls as well with bolt-ons, i hear alot of the power i added i don't know about feeling it (i feel it more spiritually), but i plan on going the turbo route because the would best performence gain i can do. LS engine is safer to boost then the GSr only because Ls is ran at lower compression.
in a way... i think you should sell the car and just buy a gsr and start from there, start brand new, old cars = old.
My engine has 135,000 mi on it and it sees 8 psi of boost daily. As long as the engine is maintained, it should last for a while.
B18Bs are not more moddable than B18Cs. There is way more aftermarket support for the B18C because they are the gem of the Honda legacy with the only thing holding them back is the higher compression pistons. Swap those out and you have everything an LS has and some. Like oil squirters, thicker cylinder walls, and VTEC.
If I were you, I would buy an LS longblock and start rebuilding. Have a spare motor to work on while you are still driving your current one. This way you can take your time, swap the rebuilt one it, and sell the old one and make most of your money back. Then you would be better off (powerwise) turboing it.
An LS with bolt-ons is just a stock motor that sounds louder. The gains from such upgrades are negligable at best. If you want power, forced induction with a freshly rebuilt motor is the way to go.