b20/b18 swap n00b questions need help

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27-Jan-2009, 10:23 PM

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domani2k

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Originally Posted by bengali548

kk so i wanted to swap my engine to a b20 or b18

now im not a racer and im not really going to put my car on the strip (btw its a 95 civic lx 4 door) so i wanted an engine with a bit more toruqe and the b18 is good for both torque and HP but the b20 is better in torque less in HP and ALOT cheaper

soo..

1) i wanted to know everything i needed to buy to do the engine swap and anything that i can recycle from my car right now

2) i wanted to know if i could use a different auto tranny for this engine (like a b18) or does it HAVE to be the stock b20 tranny

3) i wanted to know where i can get turbos from because the ones i saw was 3000+ which is ridiculous and i saw one on this site selling for 800

so ya i now these questions are pretty n00bish but im trying to absorb all the info i can and fyi i did a bunch of google searches for these questions but i didnt really get good answers so thats why im asking

if you go with a b20, DO NOT TURBOCHARGE IT. it has the thinnest cylinder walls of all the b series motors. NA all the way for the b20 i'm affraid

27-Jan-2009, 10:46 PM

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bengali548

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well i dont think id ever have the money to turbo charge it. that and i not a crazy racer i just like getting from point a to point b FAST so ya lol:P

28-Jan-2009, 12:08 AM

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bah, theres nothing wrong with boosting b20s....I've tuned several of them, they can handle 300whp just like any other b-series engine.

If you're keeping it automatic, I don't think you can use the b20 tranny, you'll prolly have to use a b18 auto tranny (or b16 one if you can find one).