waste of money.

a long story short:
the integra type-r was an amazing vehicle, what you are paying for is the name of the car it came from. people think that the only thing the type-r had over the gs-r was the engine and thats where problems come up. the engine is actually not as good as the GS-R engine, in stock form it is more powerful, but once you start modifying it the the type-r shows it's flaws.

honda choose to use a less advanced head than they used in the GS-R, this is the reason it is ported-- because it wasnt enough in it's stock form-- they only reason they used it was that they had too many of the heads left for the b16, but they didnt have enough for a full production line-- their solution was to use it in the ITR.

the head casting number is pr3, it features overly large combustion chambers and a lower rate of flow when compared to the GS-R's P72 head design.

when selecting a motor for a build it would make sense to go witht he GS-R engine, as the head is the best avalible, and the blocks are pretty much the same thing. in fact, if you are planing on upgrading any of the rotating assembly the type-r would be the completely wrong decision, seeing as the only major thing it has over the GSR is the piston dome height and resulting extra compression. It has a more agressive head assembly, but the cams and even the more agressive gearing is nothing to shout about once you come to building.

overall the best idea is to go with a GS-R engine. the b18c1 here in the states but also classified as a b18c block with a p72 head-- with the extra cash you save you can upgrade some stuff, and you'll end up with a better engine than before.

because you are asking this question in the first place i don't expect you to understand any of this, but that doesnt really matter, all that matters now is that you know that the type-r engine is a waste of money.

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