i understand that your offering your opinion on what you believe to be the best, however, im paying for this stuff, and i have established a $5000 budget(including car, taxes, registration, etc) for a reason.
anyway, my initial powertrain budget is limited to $3K, and LSD is absolutely mandatory. so my options are OBD1 B16 for about $2700, B18B for $2600, or B20B for roughly $2400. ideallly, i could stretch my budget about $400 and just turbo the B20, make way more power than any other option, but if i allow for that exception, why not just stretch it another $400 and turbo a B16 to make even more power? hell thats $3800, why not just go a little more and put a damn CTR/ITR swap i it? you see where im going with this?
im looking for an easy(ish) swap with room to grow. i think the B16 is right up my alley, and certainly within my price range. as i mentioned before, i can get a complete LSD swap, shipped with everything needed to put it in the car for $2700.
and for what its worth, i live in Masontown, PA(Fayette County), about an hour south of Pittsburgh