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.
your an idiot. Like schmoo said, you cant judge what a motor can handle using "PSI". 8 psi from a t3, isnt gonna be the same as 8 psi from a big t4, so while your motor can handle 8 psi from a small turbo, it will blow from 8 psi from a large one. Power is what breaks your motor, and more so then that, its knock. There are some people making crazy numbers on stock blocks by simply tuning fuel to perfection and running conservative timing. The b16 is can handle boost just fine, plenty of people boost it with out issues