Lol, I hate that one's front
and no, I don't have anything yet. Probably going to get it in June, and wait like... 3 or 4 months for it to get here.
Read that thread, it was a very involved job, paddle shifts and stuff... >.>
How involved do you think a B16 swap would be? Both use cable trannys, so that's easy, you'd need to fab some engine mounts. Wiring might be interesting, and you might need to get a bit creative with the plumbing. A bigger radiator, stiffer suspension, bigger breaks, and probably either fab some axles to get the power to the wheels, or just swap over the wheels and stuff from a civic. Probably wide fenders to give you room for a wider rear end and more rear stability, as there's probably now a considerable weight bias. You probably want a hard top and whatever you can find to add strength and rigidity to the car... but hey, you get to keep you're gauges...
All together, it does seem like a lot, but it seems like it's probably less involved than a bike swap. And hey, what might it cost all together? Let's see, if you're going through all this, a nice B16B would be nice, but it'll also fetch around $4,000US. A B16A will put out 160bhp (25 less) and will cost only around $1000US, so we'll go with the B16A.
I've heard that the wiring plugs should be the same(?) so we'll skip over that for now... Plumbing is pretty much free if you can do it, as is the fabrication, but we'll put $2000US toward all that just to pad the numbers. I would swap for Civic wheels and breaks, and grab a Civic master cylinder while I was at it. Junk yard, junk yard, we'll call it $500US, again padding for the cost of break line and what not. The Civic might not have the most amazing breaks, but this car will weigh 300-400lbs less, so they should be great. Wheels will cost what you'll pay, but good wheels are cheaper than you think, it's the big useless ones which are expensive. We'll call it $1500US.
The hard top is $2500US but if you were going to buy a Beat for this project, you might find one with a top, either way, it's not required. The fenders however you'll probably need, Backyard Special sells some really nice ones for $1000US, I have no idea what shipping might be, but hey, again, if you get a car just for this, you might get everything all together from Japan.
New suspension, the only coil overs I can find are $2500US but I'm sure you can find some for less, maybe meant for a Miata or Civic/CRX (Cappuccino?). No idea what a bigger radiator might cost, or what would even fit...
Throw another $1000US at it for good measure and you're looking at between $8000US and $10,000US which really isn't that awful, especially considering you can do the breaks and maybe a couple other things without doing everything and spread the cost out, maybe buy a cheap engine when you see one, etc...
In the end it would weigh around 1750lbs and have 160+bhp... now the engine would probably never break, and parts would be plentiful. You'd likely never tire of it, and more power is just a click away (lol, google), and most importantly, every time you sat in it, you'd be 12 again.
If a Beat costs 2000 pounds, and the swap would cost 6000 pounds... do you really think for 8000 pounds you can get more smiles?
If you had someone else do the work it would probably add another $3000US...