91 civic ls with ls motor some ?S

[rubenfrmdaville]

i just got this car it is a 91 civix si hatchback it came with the b18 non v tec with an ls 5 speed trany. the motor actualy it was the reson i bought it , it runs purty good keeps up with the gsr's but i was wondering what could i do to make it quicker i want to keep it all motor high compresion thaks,...

ps im also looking for some useful info on da ls vtec swaps

 

[skellagher]

ls vtec is the way to go use b16 p30 pistons in it with a b16 head and u will yield some good power

 

[red91efhatch]

^^ May also consider swapping to a b16,GSR, or type-r trans as well it will help. What's your budget? reason I ask is that you may be able to turbo the car for the same price as an LS-V done the right way but you will yield more power with turbo...

 

[rubenfrmdaville]

my budget is about 2500 for now

 

[rubenfrmdaville]

im not sure if the ls /vtec is legal in cali i read that somewhere correct me if im wrong

 

[8secHonda]

i would keep that engine since this is why u bought the car.. get some vtech killer cams underdrive crank pully and port n polish ur head. maybe bigger injectors.. tht will help some prolly a gain of 15 hp maybe even more..

 

[civichatch1988]

In Cali head swap are illegal, just build the motor up I.e. Rebuild it for higher comp etc.. Or just drop a gsr/b16 in I woul recomend the gsr over the b16

 

[Dark93DX]

i just got this car it is a 91 civix si hatchback it came with the b18 non v tec with an ls 5 speed trany. the motor actualy it was the reson i bought it , it runs purty good keeps up with the gsr's but i was wondering what could i do to make it quicker i want to keep it all motor high compresion thaks,...

ps im also looking for some useful info on da ls vtec swaps

Here are two good articles for info (both in the Ref section)

https://hondaswap.com/general-tech-articles/build-reliable-ls-vtec-85477/

https://hondaswap.com/general-tech-articles/building-ls-all-motor-monster-31401/

I agree with red91efhatch, swapping the tranny would be a good idea for quicker acceleration. It's also much easier to do then rebuilding a motor.

 

[rubenfrmdaville]

thanks for the input .. also i read about a guy who also has the ls trnny but insted of swaping it he changed the gear ratios frm other b series trannys ? how much would that cost me and witch would be best?

 

[D16SiHatch]

get some vtech killer cams

vtech huh, and for his non-vtec ls?

op: as far as transmissions go what people sometimes do is take a gsr/b16/etc trans and swap in a ls 5th gear.

and you'll either want to ls-vtec and/or boost it as it is if you want to get some power out of it.

 

[rubenfrmdaville]

i have done some reading and i decided even tho the ls/vtec has some potencial. i wanna keep the stock head and take it to a machine shop to do some work on the head and mabe the crank balenced while im at it