Ok, ok, I can swap in a set of cams and gears in a few hours. No big deal. The pistons I'll give you would be a little hard to do in a weekend, but not impossible. An intake and TB swap, what, 3 hours max. Exhaust is there already. Header, another 3 hours. P&P wouldn't be too bad since I have a head I can send to be worked on. Upon receiving the head back from the machine shop, install cams, bolt up intake, job well done in a weekend.

LS/Vtec swap...much more time consuming. Everything has to be machined to fit, wiring has to be done, oil lines have to be run, much more down time.

Engine Swap...I won't even entertain that job...much more time than I have to put into it.

So in short, yes, I can sink the cash and time into the mods I have listed, but I can't afford the down time of the others. And I'm not using my spare block for the LS/vtec, that's getting shipped off for some sleeve work for the turbo build.

Sorry if this post was pointless, but I don't see what's wrong in wanting a mild N/A engine to hold me over...I just figured that an engine like this would respond great to some N/A love. Ah well, I may still build it just to see what it runs like, then throw some juice at it to hold me over until boost can come my way again.