I hear the rods goes first at around 250+ hp. How much can the piston take before it melts?

Nick

 

It is not necessarily the amount of horsepower that melts a piston, it is the tuning. If you are detonating, your piston will fry. If it is tuned right, your piston can withstand a decent amount of HP. Some boost anywhere from 6 to 12 psi on stock internals. IMO, I wouldnt go past 10 on stock internals.

 

12 can be done with the right tunning, most people i know run 9 psi daily driven and up it to 10 or 11 at the track

 

lol boostedED9 ran 16.5 on stock internals (D16)withthe exception of arp headstuds and a 2mm headgasket. he made 300 some whp and ran an 11.8

 

I have run 13lbs all summer long all on stock internals (No headgasket, no studs, nothing). All Hondata tuned by myself. The thing runs like a dream and screams. No dyno runs because there isn't one close to me and I have no time to drive it somewhere. A shop somewhat close is getting one as I type so I will hopefully dyno before it gets pulled apart for the motor install.

 

good friend of mine ran 20psi all the freakin time on a stock d16a6 until he bent two rods, and that was with a td04.

 

Yeah it the rods you have to worry about, around 240whp seems to be about as high as you can go before almost gauranteeing your engine won't last very long..