If he already had most of the parts would it really cost more than a K swap?. The most expensive part are the sleeves and then installation. Who in australia does sleeving for B20?.
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If he already had most of the parts would it really cost more than a K swap?. The most expensive part are the sleeves and then installation. Who in australia does sleeving for B20?.
It all depends on the quality of your fuel, if you can get consistently good quality fuel and an equally good tune, you may be able to get away with it. Otherwise you will need to look into E85 or race fuel, and again availability and cost of fuel play a big part in this.
my wifes car runs 13.7 comp ratio and runs on E85, which is a bit of a pain due to the lack of E85 availability, but the car is not daily driven anymore :D
My opinion is that you don't need that kind of setup for a daily, but it's up to you mate. That's something I would only really consider for a weekend car etc but for me a daily is just A to B with maybe a little bit of fun (which is why I have the EH Civic VTi with I/H/E ----> still slow!).
From what I've heard the B20 bottom isn't that reliable, even with a lot of work done to it. Personally I'd consider a B18 bottom (if you don't have one already) with some aggressive head work, or even just the head work on it's own + bolt-ons.
Either way, best wishes to you with the build. Show us the monster! :)
From what the internet has told you :thumbsup:. The B20 is know for its sleeves to fail, which i have yet to witness or know of someone personally that has had it happen, Personally i rekon with a NA application the sleeves will be fine aslong has you havent overbored it. Forced Induction is a different story.... Futhermore your saying even with sleeving the B20 isnt reliable?. Please explain.
Why would he want to downgrade to a B18?
Benson makes a good point with K series.
13.5:1 is not needed. Where does this more compression is best crap come from?
I have an idea, how about you go find your ecu tuner and ask him what he thinks of that compression ratio, he will tell you on the spot what is safe and what makes best power. I hope you understand that the higher the compression ratio you run, the less timing you can achieve (on pump fuel this is an issue) - race cars overcome this by using race fuel and the likes (water injection, etc).
It is normal in common practice to chase less ignition timing with the same power although in above example it's at the expense of detonation
Edit: Don't get me wrong, i'm not driving you away from this build, i'd love to see it happen - I'm just putting my cards on the table.
when I read the topic I was like.. is that a joke
go a erl block k26/7 with 13.5cr with a nice flowing head and you will have one of the nicest k's in the land if you can afford it :)
i wanna see this 2.2 Litre B series :). Has the motor already been built?
by saving up 2k for not going for K series is a bit lame..
u have to use e85 or race fuels to keep it running and not having it PING PING PING on hot sunny day =p
that high compression is not recomended to be daily.... if you are hardcore enough DOO IT DOOO IT !!! lol
BUT hey, be different and have one of a kind b20 2.2!! why not!!
as long you are certain that you will have a reliable engine!
Good builder
Good tuner
Good fuel
sensible driver
it will last.... for awhile i reckon lol..