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Old Jul 9, 2007 | 12:46 PM
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heyy everyone kinda new to this site. my friend had an old school GSR, DA model and he took out the motor to put in his CRX..buutt now he has a b16a in his rex and wanted to sell the motor. I got the motor for 500$ 120k on the motor and runs strong. I have a 94' RS DC4 with a stock ls b18b and am thinking of doing the swap...some say i should and some say i shouldnt...should iiii???? :confusedo
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 03:42 PM
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Use the head and keep your block
Old Jul 9, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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doing an ls/vtec or swaping the whole motor in are both great power increases DO IT!!!!! lol
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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lol yeah i think i am. the motor is sitting in my friends garage right now until i'm able to do the swap. All i need now is an ECU. Thinking of running it off a P28. any other suggestions on whats best??
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by JDM_gsR
Use the head and keep your block
ya ruin another engine
Old Jul 10, 2007 | 11:50 PM
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just put the b17 in, youll be happy... oh yeah use a p28.
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 07:26 AM
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you'll hate the lack of torque of the b16/b17 especially in a heavy integra. I know a few people who've put b16s in their integra's and they regretted it as soon as they drove it.
I'd do a lsvtec before putting a b16 in a teg. But don't expect a whole lot of power by slapping a stock b16 head on a stock LS bottom end.
And yes, use a p28, they're a pretty much universal ecu once chipped....meaning you can run pretty much any engine with it, i've run d-series (vtec or not), b-series (vtec or not), h-series and even the f-series (accords) off a p28. PM me if you need one.
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 10:00 AM
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you could sell the crank and rods out of the b17 on h-t for almost $500... everyone wants them to stroke their b16's.

i have a 93 GSR ecu that is already socketed and chipped for tuning on crome if you are interested. $150. pm me.
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 01:05 PM
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keep the head, sell the block. use that money to buy an LS block and build it to handle 8000rpm.
Old Jul 11, 2007 | 02:19 PM
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Drop it in! Just make sure to use the proper hardware on the motor mounts.... not JB weld!
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