Originally posted by v4lu3s
you havent seen what 10 psi porrly tuned can do on the pistons of an h22a.
i have seen melted pistons on 14 psi 
That's why I said "The only thing you have to be careful of his how much boost you cram through your intake before you get to the level of having to build up the internals to handle it."
Sleeve the block, forged rods, and better pistons, and you can cram plenty of boost down the H22's hatch. On stock internals, you can safely throw 8 psi at it all day long and still woop some serious ass.
Originally posted by Andy
I didn't make my statement for a comparison of B18C's and H22A's, but rather in halfassed turbo vs proper turbo setups. Also, no offense, but either engine when properly turboe'd and tuned can make enough horsepower that traction is more of an issue than power (we're talking about street cars here). I think 2 equally built engines, one of each, would come down to suspension, tire and driver skill (on street tires, they'd both probably low 12, high 11 cars).
You can have the most complete turbo kit in the world and still blow your engine to pieces, I think we've all seen that before.
If the motor is properly built from the internals out, there will be no blowing anything to pieces. Check out Jason Whitfields (RAGE Performance) Fully STREET Civic HB that has a well built boosted H22 that puts 850 HP to the pavement through 19" wheels.
