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I want to go NA or all motor or how ever u want to call it and i wnat to know which engine responds better to bolt ons such as intake, headers, exhaust, etc. and if its worth it to spend extra money on a type r motor than a gsr motor. Thanks

I have an LS motor with headers full cat exhaust cams and shafts. Ive found since it does have a higher dispacement I get more response out of it. With the LS motor if you can find a V-tec head youll have one of the fastest motors out there. Im used to driving rearwheel cars so owning this car is completly different from that. Ill be upgrading the throttle body soon as well as adding a fuel rail etc. Personally im with you on naturally asperated cars i love/hate turbos. Granted youll get instant respose from it but youll be spending time tuning it once a month (if you drive it gentle)

ill go with the type r motor, more horse and sure itll work

For the money the b18C1 is fine. You can find these for around $1,500 while the B18C5 will run at least $4,000. With the money that you save ($2,500) you can pretty much build the engine. You can buy a complete rotating assembley from Eagle that bumps the displacement up to 2 liters for $1,495, this includes your crank, pistons, rods, and rings. Then a good build of the head which I would suggest using all Skunk2 parts, including Cams $500, cam gears $200, Valves $180, valvesprings $150, and retainers $120. that all together is right at $2,600. Of course you will need stuff like gaskets, and main bearings, machine work,ETC, BUT that will be about another $1,000. After putting all of this in your engine you can expect an output of about 250-275 HP naturally aspirated. So considering the GSR motor puts down about 152 HP at the front wheels in stock form you will be gaining 100+ HP.

or get the F20c from the S2000.

In almost all cases the Type R motor is not worth the extra money. $1,500 for GSR motor and $4,000 for Typr R. For $2,500, you can get better internals and cams for the GSR.Both engines have similar torque and the higher horsepower of the Type R can't be utilized unless you are racing on race tracks only. As a daily driver, you will very very rarely notice the extra horsepower that comes in at 8,000 rpm.

NA and header intake exhaust wont due much, the Type R had the best following head in all the B-serious land alongs with B16 and B16B different cams etc. You want to go NA look into B20 bottom end with a lightly port B16A2/3 head, cams, ITBS. 12:1 compersiion should be make 240-260WHP. Check B20vtec.com