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Here's my dillema. I have a 95 GSR. My friend has a '00 Civic Si. He just got his head built up with Skunk 2 cams, retainers, valves, ported, polished, etc. He also has a JGEdelbrock Intake manifold and a BBK Throttle Body (both of which were designed for a B18C). He wants to sell his car, so I was wondering if it is possible, and/or worthwhile to swap heads. My original plans were to wait a little while and do the CRVTEC Turbo swap (B16 head on a B20 block) but I don't know if I should pass this opportunity up. I still want to go FI in the future, and think this might be a good start.
I found these threads regarding this, but they didn't completely answer my question:
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Ideally, I would just be swapping the top half of both engines. The only downside I can see to this is that he will have a B18C head that is designed for higher compression. Will this make his engine run significantly less efficient than a stock B16? And what would be the downside to having a built B16 head on my B18?
Would I be better off just getting his intake manifold and throttle body and get new cams for my B18 and not even swap the entire head?
I know this is a lot to ask, so if anyone has done this or has extensive experiance and knowledge of this subject (ahem... mike d.) i'd appreciate your input.
Thanks
I found these threads regarding this, but they didn't completely answer my question:
post 1
another post
Ideally, I would just be swapping the top half of both engines. The only downside I can see to this is that he will have a B18C head that is designed for higher compression. Will this make his engine run significantly less efficient than a stock B16? And what would be the downside to having a built B16 head on my B18?
Would I be better off just getting his intake manifold and throttle body and get new cams for my B18 and not even swap the entire head?
I know this is a lot to ask, so if anyone has done this or has extensive experiance and knowledge of this subject (ahem... mike d.) i'd appreciate your input.
Thanks