ACE_14
05-18-2005, 10:07 PM
I'm trying to decide. I've got both, a B16a IM and a B18a IM. Which way do you guys think I should go with my '87 LX-i?
I picked this B16a IM off ebay awhile ago, it's already modded ready to go:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_24.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_26.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_27.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_28.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_29.jpg
or, do you guys think I should go with this B18a IM:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_30.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_33.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_34.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_35.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_36.jpg
the B16a with the shorter runners should be better for top end power, but I have an automatic so the B18a might be a little better with the longer runners for low end. Also it has an EGR valve the I can use. California Smog testing sucks and I don't want to keep throwing a code 12. Either way I go, they both have a bigger throttle body, I'd like to use the AEM fuel rail, but it won't fit the B18a with the EGR. I'm rebuilding an engine for higher compression a kepping it an auto, but going with a lude tranny.
Which way do you guys think I should go?
I picked this B16a IM off ebay awhile ago, it's already modded ready to go:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_24.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_26.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_27.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_28.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_29.jpg
or, do you guys think I should go with this B18a IM:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_30.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_33.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_34.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_35.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/1/web/829000-829999/829800_36.jpg
the B16a with the shorter runners should be better for top end power, but I have an automatic so the B18a might be a little better with the longer runners for low end. Also it has an EGR valve the I can use. California Smog testing sucks and I don't want to keep throwing a code 12. Either way I go, they both have a bigger throttle body, I'd like to use the AEM fuel rail, but it won't fit the B18a with the EGR. I'm rebuilding an engine for higher compression a kepping it an auto, but going with a lude tranny.
Which way do you guys think I should go?