It's a good opportunity for me to learn engine buildups. Living here in CA, I'm also not particularly interested in dealing with C.A.R.B. and all that other bullshit. So doing a B-series swap just doesn't make sense, for now.

I have friends that have years of experience on race teams and building race motors. My buddy, that I'm doing the porting with, talked me into staying with a D16. He proclaims the stock D16 can be 'woke-up' so to speak. One of my goals is to keep the handling, and by keeping the lighter D16 I won't comprimise the handling.

I'm not building a drag car by any means, and I'm not looking to produce impressive power numbers that can't be kept on the pavement. My goals are to keep handling and producing useable power/torque. I'd like to start AutoX in the near future and this is what I'll be using.

So...does that answer why?

Oh, thanks for your input Snoops. Your contributions are appreciated. You may be the only gal here who knows what she's talking about when it comes to cars.