Originally Posted by
TheOtherDave™
5) The "VTEC Conversion" kit is just a set of hoses and an adapter to faciltate plumbing the oil feed line to a VTEC head. While they claim there is no machining involved, you still have to mill out the head for the B18B1 dowel pins. And after that, you're still dealing with a marginal bottom end. (see #3)
The Golden Eagle kit comes with conversion dowels that are tapered to allow fitment into the vtec head and non vtec bottom end without machining.
Ls vtec is the way to go for big FI power. While you are putting the head on, you might as well change out the pistons and rods and you could have a stronger, faster motor for less than $1500.