Well im late for you bro. I've got several homies in cali doing the B20 vtec, and its nasty man. Compare your options, and look at how much you wanna spend. In my opinon, B20 vtec will be cheaper. But consider if you ever wanna boost it, the walls are thin. Ive got home girl has a B20 vtec built and boosted and she is killin katz in cali. To me i try to be different. Everyone is doing the poor mans r. But like i said time and money and if its built right. Then it will be reliable. Just my