ok i have a b16 in my garage and was thinking of turboing it and was wondering if i should turbo my b16 or go with a different motor or what. thank you
-Kyle

 

Displacement is fun... mid to high 11s seems to be the limit for stock B16s. I'm sure a GSR could crush that if it had some gearing to play with. Both on stock S1 transmissions they're both going to be speed limited rather than power limited... on 22" slicks my problem is running out of gear; 8800 rpm across the traps in 4th. Depends of course on how you run it. I run race gas and higher boost at the track; if you're determined to run pump and street tires, the GSR turbo will likely be faster if it can hook.

 

Displacement is fun IF you can get traction.

EDIT: answer to your question... Its worth it if you have it laying around. I say throw it in there and have fun.

i had a stock b16 w/ a drag kit making 240whp. it ran 13.4@106mph on falken azenis and ran 12.9 w 20" slicks.

i had this set up for about 2 years beating on it everywhere. numerous dyno pulls (test vehicle) and numerous drag strip passes. It was a very fun set up.


Modified by STD ONEpointSIX at 10:26 PM 11/8/2005

 

heres a link to a stock b16 running 11's (NSXMATT on this board)

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1171703

 

Very worth it IMO. The stock B16 can make great power and has a great transmission. Like stated aboove, you can get into the 11's w/ one in stock form very easily and if topping out (MPH wise) becomes a problem, Get taller slicks

Phil

 

Yes, the B16 is worth it. Especially if you already have one. If you look at the boosted numbers of stock B18c1's and B16's you'll see they are about the same, you'll just have a the cheaper setup with better tranny with the B16.

 

-matt, have you had the new car/setup @ the track yet?

 

im in the sameboat your in, i just sold my gsr hatchback and got a b16 hatchback.. what im goign to do is build a gsr block and put the b16 head on it.. but for a turbo b16 top end should be very fun.

 

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Not yet, just got it tuned this past weekend. Maybe this weeked if the weather is good

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by honda011 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">im in the sameboat your in, i just sold my gsr hatchback and got a b16 hatchback.. what im goign to do is build a gsr block and put the b16 head on it.. but for a turbo b16 top end should be very fun.</TD></TR></TABLE>ya i have a poll on the hybrid forum but like 2 people voted so i decided to take it here. im getting alot better results. on the poll i have ls/vtec, poor mans R, or b16. but nobody voted
-Kyle

 

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-Kyle</TD></TR></TABLE>

b16 is a good motor to go turbo for sure... but if u want something better, maybe a b18c or a k

 

orrr u can do what homie up there was talkin about.. the poor man type r setup... same thing im currently doing also... a b18 block with a b16 head

 

Definitely worth it. Considering its great rod to stroke ratio, I woud definitely take advantage of its high revs + boost.

 

I agree. Definetly worth it.

I have had 3 turbo setups, 2 with stock blocks, and 1 with a built motor. From my stand point, I will never go back to a built block. The car is just more fun to drive, and can acheive great power on a stock block. KISS.

I'm doing a homemade topmount mani, with a BB SC61 setup on my B16. This will be my 4th setup.