Quote Originally Posted by Wanderer View Post
B20b $500 from Japan (Orthia Engine) + B16a* transmission. Faster than any B18c* swapped EG and a whole lot cheaper. Provided you can drive it well enough and get traction. You will eat one side of your tires pretty fast though. Probably the side you're not sitting on. That money you saved for not buying into the VTEC hype would be great for a Quaife or whatever brand of LSD floats your rubber ducky.

When you rebuild just slap the VTEC head on and count your cookies that you bought for not dumping so much money into a Honda all at one time. The VTEC head will give you better flow once you start wanting to make real power with it. Bump the comp to like 11:1 and then piece together a turbo kit. Have patience.
A 145hp engine with 178nm tied to a open diff gearbox will not be faster in any way or situation than a b18c with typically 200hp and 182nm with a lsd transmission and shorter FD. Unless you can show some evidence ?
Cheaper yes - but just not as fast.