hey everyone, so i did my search and i find that there seems to be no difference... ive got a 90 b18a1 in my crx and im doing all my nifty work, but i need another crank to keep downtime low. so if i get a b18b, is it just the same, no difference? someone just reassure me. i wanna make sure i dont buy something i dont need!

 

bump for the night... someone gimme some good advice here. im thinking that if i got a gsr crank, id have to change rods too... so someone inform me of a good direction to go in! thanks!

 

gs-r crank, gs-r rods. that combo = shorter stroke which defeats the purpose of having an LS bottom end.

b18a/b crank are the same, use b18a/b rods.

 

can i use b18b crank and b18a rods? or do i need b18b rods too?

 

you can mix and match b18b with b18a

 

how about oil pumps... i know a type r pump will work on my b18a1, but will a gsr pump work too? man, someone needs come up with a master list for all interchangeable parts, hahaa, and thanks for all the help, isp james

 

the oil pump is interchangable too but it will be higher volume than your ls pump

 

thats what i was hoping for, id like to flow a bit more in here, its a built engine and im not wanting to starve the baby! so whats your recommendation then? and im totally sane for sticking with oem parts in this right? i like oem...

 

OEM is good but i dont see any problem with using pep boys parts... i know there are 10000 guys on here that would rip me up for saying such a thing....

i dont know enough about oil pumps or oil pump volume or oil starvation to recommend one thing or another to you.... i do know though that in an ls/vtec setup using a vtec pump is recommended... are the ITR pumps any different than the gs-r pump? stuff id look into...

 

awsome, thanks alot, youve been a great help!