CivicSiR

the blown head gasket isnt that bad. It is still drivable.

DOHCZCEF9

O.K. when I first did my B16 swap the fan wires weren't connected due to some bad swap info I was going by on the internet to my car did get hot about 3/4's of the way up the gauge but not all the way up. I fixed the problem and it's been fine. Usually if it doesn't get too hot and just once you'll be fine. I blew my head gasket in my old Dx motor and it'll smoke real bad is one of the signs. Kindof sucks in the winter though cause it's hard to tell but it's not so you should be able to tell. Also it's not hard to get parts and have things done to re-build a blown head gasket. If you line in a red-neck type area and no machine shop you can trust just find one in Califonia and send the head out. It may cost money but atleast you know there's shops out there with alot of experience with Honda VTec heads thats what myself and alot of my friends running boosted motors do. My one friend let some shop in PA do his head work and the things runs like crap. If not like you said you have the perfect chance to do a LS/VTec