Alright hello, this is my first post and i am hoping that i can get some help becuase i have no idea what i should do. I have a 1990 Honda CRX SI. 1.6 litre 16 valve dohc etc. The engine and car are around 180k miles and i want to do an engine swap. Now, i am told by a few tuner guys i know to do something like a b18c1 gsr v-tech swap. Is that what i should be looking at? If anyone has any other idea that would be great to hear them and the benifits. Im not looking for something rediculous, but i do want something peppy, has great low and top end and that if i wanted to take high end i could. Someone also mentioned something about an LS swap. What is that exatally? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Also, the other problem i have been having is more of a mechanical problem with my engine right now hence why i am looking at swapping the engine. The car seems to have blown its heads/gaskets and i need to know if it is worth fixing the damn thing or just to get a new engine.

Again, any help would be greatly appreciated.

-brice

 

swapping the engine is probably a better deal than rebuilding the one you have - rebuilding it isn't going to make it a whole lot faster - B18C1 swaps can get pretty expensive - for that matter, any B-series, like B16A, B18A1, B18B1 (which are the LS engines), B18C5, are going to cost you more than doing a D-series swap, like D16Z6, D16Y8, JDM D16A, JDM SOHC ZC, JDM SOHC ZC VTEC or JDM DOHC ZC - the B-series require the use of a B-series transmission, aftermarket mount kit, aftermarket shift linkage, different ECU and Integra axles - these things all run up the cost in a hurry - with the D-series engines, you can use your SI transmission, shift linkage and mounts - the most you would have to do is get a different ECU and OBD0 to OBD1 ECU wiring jumper harness, if you were to run one of the OBD1 D-series engines