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Old 07-10-2003, 11:56 PM
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Default Possible to switch intake manifold from b16a to b18c1?

Looking into skunk2 intake manifolds for my b16, but I don't know if i'll be able to hook it up to future gsr motor, are all b series motors' parts pretty much interchangeable?

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Old 07-11-2003, 04:47 AM
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Funny you should mention this, I just read an old article in one of my magazines (the same one with the Lotus vs. Mustang article) about a guy with a Frankenstein B-series engine - he had a B18A block, B18C5 head, and B16A intake manifold. So yeah, you should be ok.
Old 07-11-2003, 11:10 AM
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Stay away from the b18c1 (GSR) manifold. Damn secondary runners....
Old 07-11-2003, 09:06 PM
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the b16 manifold will not fit. even if its aftermarket. different bolt patterns.
Old 07-12-2003, 01:10 AM
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We've got one vote for "it will work" and one vote for "it won't work," so which one is it? Yay or nay?
Old 07-12-2003, 02:24 PM
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nay. the b18c5 head is the same as a b16 head and both are different from a gsr head.
Old 07-21-2003, 07:07 AM
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That is right. The b16 head and the type r head have the same intake manifold bolt pattern. Thus the gsr head having its own bolt pattern.
Old 07-21-2003, 11:54 AM
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You're right - I just confirmed this myself. I guess the guy in my magazine redrilled..?!? Who knows. Sorry for the misleading "yea" though.
Old 07-21-2003, 03:27 PM
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Originally posted by DelSolSIinMD
You're right - I just confirmed this myself. I guess the guy in my magazine redrilled..?!? Who knows. Sorry for the misleading "yea" though.
you said in your post he had a b18c5 head. thus the b16 manifold would fit.
Old 07-21-2003, 04:30 PM
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LOL! I misread my own post. I thought I had written C1, not C5. But I have a friend whose dad had a 93 Prelude S with a B18C1 in it (long story), and he mistakenly thought the B16 manifold would fit. It didn't, and he was luckily able to return it.



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