best motor?

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

F20B FTW! if i buy my old accord back i'll definatly drop one in over the H block. more rev happy. and something new

 

[bri487 5,000+ posts]

502 big block chevy

i was about to say LS7.

 

[thehardknoxlife 10+ year member]

http://www.nissanperformancemag.com/installs/sr20ve/ Goodness lol.

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

If it's the D16Z6 then they are not so worthless. They can actually be built to decent standards for pretty cheap.

 

[LoudCrownVic 5,000+ posts]

Ford 4.9L Straight Six. Good torque, decent gas mileage, and durable as all hell.

I'd say the Chevy 4.3 is a good motor too but they blow intake gaskets.

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****, that sucks. I bet once you take the motor out it will be worth the 5 cent deposit..

10 cents if you take it to minnesota.

 

[Lunchbocks 10+ year member]

i'd probably go with an ls-swap, already an improvement but lends itself to becoming ls/vtec which can then be turboed, its a relatively cost effective swap and theres a lot more fun to be had with it. (b18b i think, not 100%)

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

go k20 FTW

 

[dbhittin 5,000+ posts]

LS Vtec is a B18a block with B16 or B18c5 head.. or any b series vtec head... a B20a block with Vtec head is from a crv.. those lil honda suv things.. both require some modifing to work and aren't long lasting motors, but make good power..

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

LS Vtec is a B18a block with B16 or B18c5 head.. or any b series vtec head... a B20a block with Vtec head is from a crv.. those lil honda suv things.. both require some modifing to work and aren't long lasting motors, but make good power..

forgot to say that you need a different ecu for the vtec to work.

 

[Ignatowski 5,000+ posts]

Ford 4.9L Straight Six. Good torque, decent gas mileage, and durable as all hell.
I'd say the Chevy 4.3 is a good motor too but they blow intake gaskets.

Edit... Read original post...

****, that sucks. I bet once you take the motor out it will be worth the 5 cent deposit..

10 cents if you take it to minnesota.

There is not best IMO

That ford 6 is very reliable.....the chevy 4.3/3.8 is a POS imo,they spum bearings like mad.....

I would have to say though the most poular and most used motor ever is the Chevy 350,when built correctly they can go forever,unfortunatly Chevy doesnt make them in production anymore,now they have high teck motors they cant build right....

MBenz Deisels I have seen go 400K miles which is pretty impressive,I read about a few going to a MillionMiles

 

[JeffyZ33 10+ year member]

Why get a new motor when you can just roll down your window and scream VTAK!!1 when you shift?

In all seriousness, trying build a performance car when you don't even know what kind of motor you have is a slightly bad thing.

Oh and buy AMERICAN.

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

Why get a new motor when you can just roll down your window and scream VTAK!!1 when you shift?
In all seriousness, trying build a performance car when you don't even know what kind of motor you have is a slightly bad thing.

Oh and buy AMERICAN.

if you got mad cash to pay for crappy MPG.

 

[Airman21 10+ year member]

ls1 in a little honda is fast... there is a guy on my air force base that has a ls1 in his acura and that is a quick little car...

 

[RandyJ 10+ year member]

i'd probably go with an ls-swap, already an improvement but lends itself to becoming ls/vtec which can then be turboed, its a relatively cost effective swap and theres a lot more fun to be had with it. (b18b i think, not 100%)

Are you implying that a non-vtec car cannot be turboed?

 

[Twistid 5,000+ posts]

just get a b16 out of a civic SI , should easily swap in without modification like a h22 or b18 might have , its cheaper than a gsr/type r so you can do some nice interal work or get f/i