i have a lill problem determining which motor would be good to put a turbo on. my Q; what is the weak link in the h22 as far as running boost. iv heard that a h23 had a Little better sleeves and could handle a turbo better, and the fact that it runs 9.5 1 is this true? and what would be a better motor to put a turbo on. im not wanting to put a whole lot of money in this project

 

well first things first, if your tring to save money, what engine do u have? do lots of research cause its cheaper to do it right, then to do it twice

 

If your not wanting to put a hole lot of money into this then dont waste your time trying to turbo something. Besides that whats your power goals? The H22 and The H23 have the exact same sleeves in them also. its called FRM. Big difference between the 22/23 is the stroke and stock horsepower, and the heads. If your looking to do a low boost application you might be ok for a while.

 

i dont have a motor yet im looking at either a 23 or a 22. i want to get about 300 whp. i want to know what is a good easy way to give the motor internal strength. iv been reading that the pistons are the weak link. but if i change them is it true that i need to change the sleeves also? im also want to run between 10 and 15 psi boost. another Q: i have is do i really need the v-tech and the 10.1 compression if im going to be putting on a t3?

 

H22 would make the power easier.

Both would work, however.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4Gachilles &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> been reading that the pistons are the weak link. but if i change them is it true that i need to change the sleeves also?</TD></TR></TABLE>
if you change the pistons you need to go with forged pistons and for that you WILL need to sleeve the block, the h22 pistons are not weak, but because of the frm in the sleeves you cant run forged pistons unless you have the block sleeved

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 4Gachilles &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">do i really need the v-tech and the 10.1 compression if im going to be putting on a t3?</TD></TR></TABLE>
its VTEC, and its not necessary to have, but i dont see why you wouldnt want it... lower the compression if you plan on running 10-15psi

 

can a stock h22 handle 10-15 psi

 

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if you change the pistons you need to go with forged pistons and for that you WILL need to sleeve the block, the h22 pistons are not weak, but because of the frm in the sleeves you cant run forged pistons unless you have the block sleeved


its VTEC, and its not necessary to have, but i dont see why you wouldnt want it... lower the compression if you plan on running 10-15psi</TD></TR></TABLE>

Correction... the stock pistons are weak. Rather the ringland portion.

 

there is no certain psi an engine can handle its all in the tuning, that should be the first thing you buy, people spend money on a turbo kit and spend nothing on ems this = the ringlands in h series suck with any detonation, you can buy forged pistons for h series w/out sleeving mahle gold series ive used them on 18psi worked great but you must get an ems and a good tune, researched before considering a turbo it is not cheap so if you plan on spending 600 on a ebay kit and slaping it together with an fmu or afc hack your basicly throwing every dollar spent in the trash.