[mattliston]

Ebay usually has rebuild kits, NPR kits are a good one to go with. Make sure to get a graphite headgasket when you do the rebuild, and get ARP studs if you can afford them.

 

[mattliston]

Found ARP studs for ya
eBay Motors: ARP Head Studs Civic Si B16 B16a B17 B17A FREE SHIP (item 180334522218 end time Mar-13-09 09:32:07 PDT)

Couldnt find any b17 kits or even rings. Keep checking ebay is my advice, or you could go to the NRP website for parts listings to see if they even service the B17

 

[mattliston]

B17=B16. You'll be ok.

no

 

[mattliston]

B16
---bore is 81mm
---stroke is 77.4mm


B17
---bore is 81mm
---stroke is 81.1mm

Same bore and rings, but different pistons and rods. rebuild usually replaces pistons and rods.

b17=b16 only if you plan to do rings, which is foolish , but is possible, though you still would be running old rods, which isnt so good. stress of thousands of heating and cooling cycles cause fatigue in the metal

 

[mattliston]

B17 pistons are shorter, hence having a lower compression even with the increased stroke. Some turbo B16 motors are used with b17 pistons for this reason, OEM parts and yields better boost ability

 

[mattliston]

yeah, but in a rebuild kit it usually has pistons and gaskets and what not. doesnt help him, and the kiots that have everything are always cheaper :btu