I posted that drunk?


well everything looks right. I guess I'll add a few things.

I talked those engines down, but they are actually potent motors.

Everything I stated that was bad about them can be fixed easily besides the oil squirters and the cylinder castings.

I've talked to Omniman about his b20vtec, as he uses one in his daily driver.

He used stock PHK pistons (9.6:1 pistons) and then a gsr head. He makes almost 230whp. He milled his head a bit and said he has about 10.6:1 compression.

The gsr rod bearings can be used, you just have to have your rods notched for them.

They are good motors for OEM builds, but you have to upgrade the rod bearings to gsr or b16 bearings, gsr being better than b16. and then also upgrade your rod bolts to arp ones... and then TUNE. detonation can and will crack the sleeves.

The piston valve relief issue can be fixed by sending them to a machine shop, or omniman actually. He said he can have his shop do them for $60 when I talked to him about it.