arite could anyone help me my 95 civic esi has got a really big rattle on it so ive desided to do a swap on it but not shore whitch engine will be better. think about the b16a and the b18 will b after getting it turbo'd in the near futuar to but im not shore witch one many thanx from josh

 

Well your b18's are 1.8 litre and b16a's are 1.6 litre, meaning the b18 will have more torque. Both are pretty good for boosting, but stay away from the B18C5, high stock compression not good for boost. The B18C1 GSR is a great idea to swap, will cost more then a b16a.

 

i know this thread isnt about me, but i plan on doing the same thing. what would be the best motor i could swap intoa 1995civic. i plan to turbo it also. what would get me the best performance output?

 

it all depends on what you are going to do with the engine in the future. you can never go wrong with a b series motor if you are going to turbo. the b16a2 is a great motor to turbo, but the b18c is better is you are going to stay n/a. there is also the k20a if you want to stay n/a but that takes a lot of money and work. h22s are good as well if you want to stay n/a. the b18bs are good if you want to turbo as well.

 

do you have any idear what i can use off the my esi onto the b16 meaning could i use the same loom gearbox that sort of stuff also where has every one been geting low compresion pistons from thanx for the help

 

dmotor parts go with d motors, b parts with be motors and so on. it is hard to find a b18c5 but a gsr or si motor will do fine. k20 would be lots of fun but it would cost you a finger and a few toes maybe.

 

the b16 will fit directly from the d16, im not sure if you even need to move your mounts. (i dont think you do, but im not %100) but other than that, you need all b series stuff (ecu, harness, tranny,) all that good stuff.

 

the mounts are old so you might as well get new ones anyway