Short and sweet, and I did a search. A kid that I work with has a little Honda Civic that he put a B16a motor into. I think he said that it is a second generation, whatever that means. I have rode in it, and it seems quick, but I think that I will be able to beat him whenever my bird is done. I have an 88 with a 350 going in, 3.42 in the rear, open right now, but I want to have a locker or a posi by the time I race him. Oh, and i have a 350 turbo also. It is getting ready to get a shift kit. Soooooooo...... can I beat him?

 

Depends on lots of factors. In my town we have this little **** racing shop that has a civic hatchback running 12's with a highly modified b16 motor...but the standard ones run more in the high 13 to low 14 range, and if you hook and have a decent 350 you should win.

 

race from a stop and you will have the best chance to put u a car or two lengths ahead.

 

Depends on the type of Honda really. I would probally guess it is your typical CRX or hatch that is packing a swap and thinks it is fast. I think with only a b16 swap, they might be in the low 15's or something. The local r^ice shop in my area has a completely stripped 94 or so hatch, is tubbed, has raceseats, has a GS-R engine swap and even on a 75 shot of ZEX it only busted 14.3's or so I think. For all the money they put in it, that is sad.

 

Yup yup. I have a friend with a CRX with a B16 swap and he only manages mid 15's out of it.

 

I find that to be bull. My friend did the same swap and ran a 14.9 with a stick.

 

He probally gutted the whole car and possibly even went with carbon fiber parts. Or he had other mods besides swap.

 

B16 swaps are not that great. My friend had a '95 Civic Hatchback and he swapped a B18c(integra type-R motor) in his, now that thing was pretty quick. Once you get into the B18, and H22 swaps you start to have a problem keeping up. Also just like Mustang GT's you can never tell what there packing because they all sound the same.

I say with a mild B16 swap you will have no problem taking him, just dont let him get a rollin start so he has the upper hand with that damn VTEC.

 

My friend isnt an awesome driver, he isnt bad either, just average. I thought it would be faster than 15's too. There was a hatchback civic at the track running 15's with a B16 swap too.

 

Well now that someone mentioned it, his car has an entire carbon fiber body kit with all lightweight racing seats - so that's probably the difference right there.