I have a b16 and i wanna turbo it around tax time. what should i do to the block to prepare it for 20lbs of boost? does any one have details and a proceedure i should follow? I also want this as a daily driver. I most likely wont be using that much pressure but i want the motor to be strong enough if i chose to. what parts should i upgrade and what should i keep stock b16a2.

 

It does us no good to tell us the kind of boost you want to run. What are your power goals and a REALISTIC budget?

 

My Main Goal is 250hp but reliable and i am not tryin to spend more than 1200. on the block. i say i want it strong enough for 20lbs to give an idea of how strong i want it. But what do you think? do you think my buget is too low?

 

for 250hp, you dont need anything but a stock motor and a decent turbo kit/tune. if you want to make more power (20psi doesnt tell me much...but lets say you mean about 20psi on a 60-1ish turbo and around 400ish whp),you should take the time to sleeve the block. that will roughly be $1000. but whats the point of sleeving without pistons and rods. another $800-1000 dollars. then installed, and new water pump and oil pump and to put it all together and a head gasket and oil lines and bigger injectors and tuning software and then it breaks, and you fix it, etc, etc, etc, etc. haha it gets fun man.

give some more details of what you want to do and we'll try to give you more insight as to how deep your pockets need to be.


:: or just buy my turbo kit, ls/vtec motor and head

 

1. 250whp is fine on a stock block
2. 20psi is irrelevant

 

building a block the right way is going to cost you roughly 1900-200 in parts/machining alone.

pistons
rods
bearings
oil pump
water pump
timing belt
tensioner
head studs
head gasket
bore and hone
machine crank

not only do i think you dont need to build the motor for 250whp, i would highly advise against it actually. K.I.S.S. the motor is up to the task of making 250whp and then some, why fix whats not broken.

 

For 250 whp I'd just throw some head studs and your turbo kit on there and call it a day. The only realistic upgrade you will NEED is fuel pump, injectors, and a reliable tune

 

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b series heads studs are not an issue, ive seen a b16 with reused head bolts hold 400+whp without issue. although i dont suggest or condone that, i dont see any reason to swap out head studs for 250whp.