Hello, I am new here and for a good reason, I have a 99' Civic Si with 166000 never raced miles. I had a radiator go bad last month and the engine ran hot and some radiator pieces got sucked into the engine, at any rate it will not start now. I took it to a Honda/Acura performance shop down the street and he said I would be better off putting a new engine in. I searched aroung and can get a used VTEC for 1650 or a GSR for 1750. My question is now that I'm going to need to do this what should I do. I dont want to spend more than 2500 or 3000 installed. Could I upgrade anything else while the engine is out? I found someone to install the motor for 400. If I went with the GSR motor and switched ECU's would it be much harder for the guy installing it to swap out ECU's? Please help. Someone.
Thank You, Matt
Thank You, Matt