B16a2 Building Q's
 

I was lucky enough to come by a B16 a girl was getting rid of for a decent price so now it's time to build ;) The couple q's I have are the following. I have a set of the B16b pistons and they are molybdenum coated. I hear that with the coating they aren't good with either nitrous or turbo application, is this so? Secondly, I was planning on just mimicing the B16b engine by replacing cams, rods, pistons, rings...etc, however with the pair of cam shafts that go for $600 some dollars, is there anything just as good but for a little cheaper? I figure im just paying for the name "Type R" cams (well, not just the name, they are obviously good cams).

Thanks for the help and opinions

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get aftermarket cams, springs and retainers for that price

and if u wanna make an NA beast go with aftermarket pistons and rods because they are lighter than oem parts

if u wanna turbo then go with low compression pistons
b16b pistons arent the ideal choice

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Also I read that in a NA car the Civic Type-r cams in a B16 engine only created 5 hp more than did the stock cams. Whether this is true or not??? because I have heard they make huge differences too so I dont really know? but do your research, and as posted above I'd go with some nice aftermarkets myself for those kind of prices.

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probably true. the CTR motor is basically a de-stroked b18c5 )ITR) motor.

2000+ ITR cams are the same as b16b cams.

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I've got a blown B16B. I'll sell ya the Cams. IM me if interested.

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I don't have any vouches though??????? newbie.

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CTR cams react well in b16's. I had a friend that we installed a set of skunk sg 2's and it was just overkill on that small motor. Just becasue a cam is larger and can create more power doesnt make it ideal for every application. Compression,displacment and especially port work are factors in deciding the ideal cams.

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Any body want this damn motor???