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is it power level, torque, bad tune, detonation, and when one goes what usually blows

probably all of the above depending on the car

just curious as i am a 1.8T VW guy and it's usually torque that kills our motors..

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non-VTEC

power/torque/stress all contributes to engine failure on stock blocks once a certain power level is reached.

a bad tune/dentonation will just cause engine failure sooner.

spoolin turbo s

well in VW 1.8T's too much torque tends to bend our rodsor breack them = hole in block

non-VTEC

to much torque in a honda (if there is such a thing) tends to break axels, diff's, trannys and clutches.

spoolin turbo s

well i know honda's aren't know for their torqe i used to have a b16

i just find it surious to me how similar a LS motor is to my VW motor

abnaasefmb

You should search, but I’m bored so here it goes.
Pistons are the weak point on a stock Honda block. They have weak ringlands. When you boost an engine heat is the biggest by product. The stock Honda piston clearance is super tight , like .001. When a piston starts to become heat saturated they will expand a piston with only .001” of clearance can only expand so much before disaster strikes. Good tuning and knowing the limits of your engine can alleviate this to a cretin extent the general rule of thumb you will hear around here is they (stock bottom end) are good for 300 hp. I think that’s pretty accurate, but a bad tune or a long pull in boost can negate that. Hope this helped and maybe some more knowledgeable will chime in to confirm, deny, or add to.

spoolin turbo s

cool thanks for some basic knowledge of boosting honda's that i didn't know