Quote Originally Posted by EmminoDaGreat View Post
Ideally you need an lsvtec kit, comes with all required hardware,headgasket, offset dowels and sandwich plate...they are usually in the area of 220$... then you need a head which is 400 ish, and an ecu either needs to be chipped, or run a vtec ecu, plus necessary wiring,plugs, and the cost of swapping heads.

If your budget is 450 and under, this is not for you. I would recommend fixing what you have. If you have in the area of 1000+ to pay someone, parts and labor. Then this is for you..
You gotta pay to play. LS/VTEC is not for people with light wallets. Plus it would be a waste to do a LS/V without atleast changing your rod bolts because your stock bottom ends rev limit would be way lower than where you would be making peak hp. As Emmino said I would fix what you got and save up so you could properly do an LS/V.