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alright guys i have already dropped a b18c in my 9 and done all the basic breather mods like manifold, exhaust and induction. it just feels now like i need to take it a bit further mainly to beat my dads evo. at the moment im soo close he only pulls away slightly from whatever speed even when im in 5th. its actually amazed me how well the b18c can cope with bigger cars at high speeds.
anyways my question is that can i put the oem b16b pistons in my motor with the b18c crank and rods? im aware the compression will be something like 12.74 but in the uk we have 99 octane and would keep the stock rev limit. the reason im looking at high compression for power rather than cams is that im a poor student and one of my mates can build me the bottom end for next to nothing in labour using university equipment. he is not so sure though on messing round with the head other than interchanging cams as he is still learning this stuff at uni.
i have looked at changing the cams aswell and they arent that expensive till you realise your going to need valvesprings and retainers which drive the price up alot. i would also have to get the springs and retainers fitted buy a proffesional as my mate is not confident eneough to do it. could i not buy a set of cams which make more power than stock but within the factory rev limit?. from what ive picked up on here it seems dangerous to rev higher with high compression anyways. just trying to get the most from my money as im using my student loan.
all would be mapped on hondata of course.
as you can see im pretty clueless and prey on the help of you technical gurus out there all opinions appreciated.
anyways my question is that can i put the oem b16b pistons in my motor with the b18c crank and rods? im aware the compression will be something like 12.74 but in the uk we have 99 octane and would keep the stock rev limit. the reason im looking at high compression for power rather than cams is that im a poor student and one of my mates can build me the bottom end for next to nothing in labour using university equipment. he is not so sure though on messing round with the head other than interchanging cams as he is still learning this stuff at uni.
i have looked at changing the cams aswell and they arent that expensive till you realise your going to need valvesprings and retainers which drive the price up alot. i would also have to get the springs and retainers fitted buy a proffesional as my mate is not confident eneough to do it. could i not buy a set of cams which make more power than stock but within the factory rev limit?. from what ive picked up on here it seems dangerous to rev higher with high compression anyways. just trying to get the most from my money as im using my student loan.
all would be mapped on hondata of course.
as you can see im pretty clueless and prey on the help of you technical gurus out there all opinions appreciated.