well i have the head at the machine shop getting a valve job as well as a port n polish...my overall goal is to have a nice street car that i can take to the track on the weekends...im not gonna touch the bottom end until i have to...i think with a well built head i should be able to rev to 9000 with no problems...i wouldnt wanna go any higher just for the fact that i dont know if the block will hold up...
its a jdm b16/y1 tranny(getting a ys1 lsd soon)
3 inch diameter short ram intake
maxbore TB 64 to 62 mm taper
aebs intake mani
str fuel rail
b&m FPR
dc 4-2-1 header
aem adjustable cam gears
msd sci box wit blaster ss coil(have not installed yet)
vafc
i dont know what kinda power its makin now..im guessin 140 to the wheels..does this sound correct...what do u think i will be makin when i install all the valvetrain and the cam...i kinda wanna go stg 2 now...what do you guys think??

 

b16 a is 160 stock so it should be more like 180 or 190 TOPS

 

Most bolt on equipped b16a engines make anywhere between 140-150 whp generally. With the cams I would say anywhere from 150-170 hp depending on the cams and tuning and other mods.

 

go with the stage 2s if you can afford the springs, retainers, and valves, or at a very minimum the springs. i've got a similar setup and am making good power with the stage 2 cams VVVV on a stock bottom end and built head.

 

i already got all the springs,retainers and valves coming in either today or tomorrow...hahaha 190 hp yeah right...hopefully i can make like 170-175 whp...im not gonna touch the bottom end until i have to...its just i heard that the sk2s2 requires higher compression to be workin at its full potential...i just dont wanna go stg 1 ne more just for the fact that if im fully building my head there is no point for stg 1 might as well go stg 2...what do you guys think??

 

Stage II carms are great, but it would be wise to run at least 11.0:1 compression as a minimum to make the extra power they were designed to work with.

 

well im gonna go with the stg 2 for sure...i know that the factory jdm b16 has 10.2 c/r...wont surfacing the head bump compression up a lil bit...also would it be safe to use the head gasket without the middle layer?? what is the correct way to take out the middle layer?? any other tricks to raise the compression a little bit without opening up the block??