What honda engine would be the easiest to swap over in a 95 del sol?

I just bought a 95 honda del sol si with a d17 motor in it. I wanted it a fun little stick shift car to mess around with/ daily driver, but even with that its a pretty weak motor not even pushing 100 hp. I'm making this into a little project but i'm not trying to make a dragster or to put 15 grand into it, so definitely not an H23 and what not. Maybe around 5 grand. I just want something stronger than the lawn mower engine i have now. I also want to make it an easy transition. Honda has a lot of different engines and iterations of those engines.

so please let me know which one would fit best and give a good bang for the buck, maybe a B16 or B18 series.

I was going to say the B16 it's the most common engine in any del sol and will have a pretty good power or just get a K20 series and will like to rev more and have more power

B18b would be the cheapest motor to get. It won't give you a ton of power to start, but you can do a lot to it over time.

If you can afford more than that then I would suggest B18c1.

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