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engine swap or mney in mine

Old Jul 20, 2007 | 11:59 AM
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and engine swap for my car is gunna be about 4500 cdn. should i just drop that in my stock 1.6? what can i do then to build it up bad *** but still daily driver reliable?new head? cam? pistons? turbo? i want the most bang for my buck w/o wrecking this car
 
Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:21 PM
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ur probably going to be spending near that much doing an engine rebuild, pistons,cams,valves retainers and springs etc, dont come cheap
 
Old Jul 20, 2007 | 01:44 PM
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so ur saying its going to be better performance to put a b16 or b18c into it instead of putting that amound of money into my sohc 1.6 non vtec?
 
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