i might not even go boosted, i was just asking whats the highest comp ratio befor a 84mm bored b18 would start to see problems (high compression also menas more force on cylinder walls)

if i could find 84mm bore pistons at 12:1 compression it would mean that i could have a b"20"c with i'm guessing 200 whp and around 145 ft/lbs of torque and it wouldnt be a tax on the engine bay.

the crx is tight, but it's also alot lighter when stripped than a stripped hatch (tho this also means that i can have it be nearly the same weight as a stripped hatch with few essentials for those long drives to the track... ie radio)

the crx also has a much smaller coeff of drag (.25 i think)

i believe the hatch has a low coef, but not nearly as low as .25
I figure this crx built with 12:1 comp pistons and utned correctly with a nice Topend job will only cost me around 8 grand for everything minus install (1 grand topend job, 3 grand rebuild and boreing, 2-4 grand endinge, and i can find a crx for a few hundred if not below 2k)