well im very confused ,,,i see h22a vtec engines on the net fron japan sports cheaper then b16s ,,,if its so y dont people turbo h22 rather then b16 as its much more torque n powerful..(i have a civic 92) is it coz its difficult or something?

 

Honda engines have notoriously weak ringlands. H22's are the worst of them all. Turboing an H22 mandates aftermarket pistons, for anything more than 5 PSI, IMO.

 

plus an H22 swap is much harder than a b16

 

Plus the cylinder sleeves on an H22 do not allow for Aftermarket pistons. Therefore if you go turbo on an H22, you'll need to sleeve it for high boost....

 

ooo ,,,tat must be the thing then,,thanx,,,btw so i leave h22 out of my options
wat engine suld i be lookin at
iam gona do a very basic project with a stock b16 motor n a branded turbo kit such as rev hard or drag .....how much whp shld i look at with this simple setup
n is this setup the best bang for the buck?,,,,,or shld i just get a b18c5 n may be do the cams n some spray ,,,,,,,,doin all this to "DRAG"

 

well?

 

**** poor fuel management and bad tuning ruin pistons. I don't think OEM H22 pistons are weaker than any other OEM Honda piston. I think what has really given OEM H22 pistons a bad rep are all the JRSC horror stories (**** poor fuel management). There are many of us boosting on stock H22 bottom ends. I've been doing so for over 2.5 years.

With that said, a JDM H22A has higher compression than a USDM H22A1 or A4. Riskier for boost.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sharkcohen &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> don't think OEM H22 pistons are weaker than any other OEM Honda piston. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Didn't someone make about 400whp on a stock h22, and not crack the ringlands, but crack a rod, rather. . . .?

 

Yah, I think I remember something about that.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by m R g S r &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Didn't someone make about 400whp on a stock h22, and not crack the ringlands, but crack a rod, rather. . . .?</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah, this guy..
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=749784

here's a bonus thread.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1171997

 

i live in india n we have absolutly no dynos here,,,,i was thinkin tat i can put the rev hard kit on my b16 motor becose the rev hard kit like any other kit has all machenicle gadgets for fuel manegment,so if i keep the kit at stock psi levels (7 psi) i should be ok without any dyno tuning

so considering my case can u tell me is a b16 turbo the best option for me or is there any other setup u guys would recomend

over here in india i could do a b18c5 with nitrous and cams for 5000 dolors n a b16 with a rev hard turbo kit for the same price wat shld i do......oh n i want to drag



Modified by shz at 8:33 PM 3/14/2005

 

bump

 

Personally I would go with the turbo. It's cheaper in the longrun, and the power is there whenever you want it. (Refilling bottles is expensive)

 

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in my opinion you're an idiot.