I just had a guy do a B18b swap into my 97 Civic EX automatic. And we had a 2 day delay because I didnt have the D series upper manual tranny mount. I think it would be nice if someone could add one line to the 6th Gen swap article that if you are going from auto D16 to a manual B18 you need to...
I read in the LS/VTEC build up article that B16 pistons are recommended. I dont really want to rebuild the engine. I want to bolt the head on and go.
Are the B16 pistons recommended or are they required?
Im only going to rev to 7000 rpm. I am willing to put in a thicker head gasket if it will...
Im an old man compared to most of you. Im 35 :) And Ive only been doing the Honda thing for a year. First I turboed my D16 then I bought a B18b swap. When I bought the B18b the guy threw in a B17a1 longblock so I could do a LS/VTEC. The head on the B17 is no good. So I think for now Im just...
Ive got a 97 Civic EX automatic. I started looking into an auto to manual conversion and it seemed like the most sensible thing to do was to swap in a manual B18b. Ive already bought the swap and Ive done a lot of reasearch on the swap and Im prepared for it.
The question is will the swap fit...
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