Serious opinions / help needed guys...

i think handling is more important than speed...........if just let the engine power own you......outcome could be dangerous:( ....i'd rather to get the car handling well.......turbo civic is fast in straight but may not be so when it comes to turn.....honestly if speed does matter....SOHC is not the choice for you.....turbo it will be a magnet for cops and problems with insurance......if u decide to go for it....make sure you also upgrade your brake and sussy......hope that helps:D

PS:Is good that u have money to work for your car......but becareful....there may be some OH member a work as tax man.........:p

get rid of the standard engine (d16y...) i recken since its not that powerful. b18c i recken then work from there! turbo na whatever but first things first i think you need a better base engine to work on. thats just my thoughts!!

if you go turbo on ur sohc vtec i find it hard to believe you will get 200kw without spending $$$$ on internals, even with that done i dun think 200kw is possible full stop.

so save ur cash as long as it takes ad just do it properly in one hit!

-RaF-

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by raff

get rid of the standard engine (d16y...) i recken since its not that powerful. b18c i recken then work from there! turbo na whatever but first things first i think you need a better base engine to work on. thats just my thoughts!!

if you go turbo on ur sohc vtec i find it hard to believe you will get 200kw without spending $$$$ on internals, even with that done i dun think 200kw is possible full stop.

so save ur cash as long as it takes ad just do it properly in one hit!

-RaF-

---

you are seriously underestimating the capabilities of the d series engines. there are tons of them running around making over 170 kw at the wheels here on bone stock engines inside, and a handful of them running over 220kw on stock internals... a relatively inexpensive build(certainly only a fraction of the cost of a b series engine swap) makes 300kw not all that difficult to achieve.

maybe im being biased but i used to have an eg5 d16y1\(sohc vtec) and now i got eg2 b16a2 , and the d16y compared to the b16 i really cant compare in all aspects. but i couldnt comment on turbo's. i just think that 200kw on a stock d16 seems overly powerful for from an engine producing 98kw at flywheel standard!

some of the posts in this thread r utterly ridiculous and unfounded :rolleyes:

i suggest hully that u do some reasearch in many places so u can get a more balanced view.

i mean dont go to sohchonda.com and ask bout a b swap and dont come on OH asking sohcs lol. see what i mean.

look everywhere! not just in a couple of places, in the end its ur car and ur responsibilty to drive it and maintain it, not some nobody on OH. ;)