For those with swaps..........
 

When you got your swap, did you have the motor rebuilt? I was reading on hondaswap, that all swaps should at very least have compression checked and internals looked at to see what conditon everything is in, cause you dont know how bad the engine was pushed by the owner before.

Just have the shop check compression and leakdown before buying. You don't need to have it rebuilt before installation. Also, you should buy from reputable places. My cousin's supplier has an excellent track record and always provides good motors. I know some other local suppliers, some of whom sell on the local message boards, that have sold bad motors as well.

how much do you know about a shop called optional performance and they're motors?

The place off Greenlane in Thornhill? They're really overpriced and unless you speak chinese they are totally rude and barely give you the time of day.

Yeah well I guess thats where I have an advantage over you sean LOL ..... he did all my suspension work and my exhaust he seems to be pretty nice to me ...... but thats a lot of places ... they don't have the time of day unless they know you have money to spend.
Thats besides the point ..... he knows what he's doing but I just want to know through the "grapevine" if there has been any problems with him.

I had problem with that Optional when I was having my old swap, gave me a GS tranny instead of SiR, use my old P28 instead of P30, didn't tune the A/F at least make sure my swap is runable, my car died on a intersect a week after the swap done because too much fuel, so many little problems and the engines sucks, now I goto my friend's shop and got my ITR swap, nice and clean

yo sorry to ***** on this thread, but EG6-SiRII do you drive a yellow 5th gen hatchback with a SiR II hood bra? :p Jus stabbing in the dark :p

oh and to remotely stick to this thread, get a compression and leakdown test before the motor is dropped in :nods: that's the best you can really do because visually you can't do much since things can be cleaned (unless something is broken within intial eye inspection)

nope, not yellow, that's not me

oh hehehe..ok just wondering :p

so with all that said and done ... any recommendations on any reputable and fairly priced places to get a 2nd gen complete b16a installed ?

My cousin's shop, Defcon Racing, has done many swaps. You can call him at 905 683 1555.

Check our affiliates a few of them do swaps.

I had mine done at Altech...and am happy with it.

My almost stock JDM B16 dynoed at 150whp and 106tq so I am fairly convinced I got a good motor.:thumbup:

Happy B16,

How much was the swap for you at Altech?

Sir168

Yes thats the place I was looking for, I heard that they had very good prices too ?
can you PM me the info about them ?
thanks!

Would his name happen to be Dave by any chance?
he used to work at optional right?
if thats the guy, I'm interested as well, I've heard good things about him. can you PM me more infor about prices aswell ?

Yep, that's Dave. He worked for Optional briefly and worked with Ultimate Racing/Leitner & Bush as well. Pricing will depend on what you want done. Just call Dave, and he can provide you with all of the info.

sounds good .... where is he located i rather go there and talk to him directly

He's now located in Pickering at 1035 Toy Ave., Unit 1. Make sure you call before going there as he's not always there.

I paid $3800 installed.

This also included a 6 month warrenty that Joe honored on three seperate occassions.

Hi HappyB16,

is it the B16A1 or B16A2? Thanks.

sir168

with 150whp ..I'm guessing it's an amazing 2nd Gen JDM B16A :nods:

i thought it's 170HP?

you're right, but 170hp is measured at the flywheel/crank..... 150 wheel horsepower (effective horsepower laid to the ground) is a VERY good number :nods:

i'm assuming that the guy with the JDM b16 pushing 150whp has some minor mods...i doubt a stock b16 can do it.
a stock usdm b16a2 does around 135whp.
and with the jdm one being 170hp...it should put about 140 or so whp.

SiR168 can you give me contact info and location of altech ?
thanks

Hi sketch,

Here is the website: http://www.altechperformance.com

sir168

Joe does good work. I now take my car there. he's fixed all the problems with my swap which my original shop f*@#ked up.

:thumbup:

I would think he know's what he's doing after all I think he built the now fastest import in Canada.

say I have a EK hatchback with A/C and I want to put on B16A engine into it. Will I lose the A/C?

thanks,

sir168

Nope, you will probaly just need a new A/C bracket.

Thanks. I am thinking of getting a EK hatchback.

sir168