Originally Posted by
Meshca
b16's were never ment for turbo, none of the b-series were.. but it depends on the user and his knowledge of these things to not blow the shit outa the motor, you could also try to make a safety switch for your turbo, it's been done before by someone on either this forum or hondaswap, not sure. But your best bet is to not turbo it to make sure the motor lasts. don't f*k around with certain ebay-cheap brands for turbo parts, piping yes u can go cheap, turbo=hell no, header=hell no. and b16 can handle safe levels of ~8psi, anything more is doable but not reliable, anything more it'd be good to either get new pistons and rods( which should be done anywayz) and/or get it sleeved.. but that's big dough unless you cna do it yourself
your friend there is dead wrong to assume it cant handle boost period, but he can be right if you don't boost it right, with the right tune, etc.
Holy Crap man.. please stop trying to give people advise if you don't know what your talking about.
You can NOT gauge an engine blowing up based on amount of PSI, you have to gauge it on hp with a proper tune.
Throw some strong head studs in a b16 and it will definatly handle 300hp on stock internals once it's tuned. If your planning on beating on the car, spend 700 bux on some forged pistons & rods and then beat on it. Hell that will allow you run about 400-450hp out of the engine at that point and you next limiting factor is going to be your stock sleeves that people generally try and stay away from the 500hp mark.
and as far as this "safty switch" on the turbo that Meshca is talking about.. :wtf: You are clueless!
Buy quality parts, and make sure it's tuned properly, the engine will last.