I actually got it with the b18a in it.
The person I bought it off of said they didn't have the time nor the money to fix it up nice, and that is got awful gas mileage.
So I got it for a steal, fixed the mileage by hooking the vacumm lines up the right way, and been improving it bit by bit ever since.
It runs great, handles great. I can fly on the backroads because it corners so well. I do not have anything to compare it with as I have never had a stock one though.
My brother has had a couple new civic EXs though, and my CRX always eats them alive.