Originally posted by Nightshade
Your doing this on a stock tranny (for the most part) and engine setup?? Damn thats brave if you ask me.
Not calling you a liar but damn thats brave.
Have you had the engine apart to check for wear as of yet? Just curious because thats a lot of push for a stock engine setup.
Reson I say this is a friend of mine was pushing 12lbs on an H22 with 20k miles on it and shot rods while cruising at 115 for about 20 minutes. Of course thats excessive speed at constant boost but still not a good idea on stock internals at all.
all internals on my motor are stock. its been the same way for about a year. ran 6lbs for about 6 months. then 10lbs for the past 6 months. just did a compression test about a week ago and had full compression in all 4 cylinders
and about your friend. youre talking about a motor that has higher compression and shorter gears running at 115mph for 20 minutes. he was in VTEC the whole time while boosting. he was probably around 5500 RPMs. he was just an idiot. i had a friend running 8lbs on an H22 and he blew it. its all in the tuning and how well you take care of it. i dont go out and race every person i see. i race V8's and other turboed 4bangers or other cars i feel are pretty quick. the Civic with the B16 swap i dont even bother with. i beat my friend with a B18C swap in a Hatch with 4 people in my car. i'm not some riceboy that thinks he needs to show off so he flies through the roads in 2nd gear. take care of your car and you'll be fine no matter what it is