After consulting a few friends, i have decided that the next time i spend a couple bucks on my car, its getting a new valvetrain (2nd gen B16a head btw). Everyone is recommending i just go with a type R setup, but my question is: what kind of cams/rpms can a stock type R valvetrain really handle? With the setup i'm thinking about i dont plan on reving much past 9k, but i dont want to kill it if i bang 10 grand once in a while. Any suggestions? If i had the money, i would definatly go with a JUN, or Crower setup. I just dont want to go overkill and wast money. I'm thinking maybe just typeR cams, with titanium retainers....

 

Depends on the cams. For ITR cams, CTR cams and TODA Spec As you will be fine. Not sure about JUN cams


Jason

 

sup,
the type r valvetrain will be more than enough. there's no reason for 10k if you're going to use type r cams; you'll be losing power if you do. for 9k, get type r springs, crower tit retainers(very light 6.0 grams @ $150 vs honda 11.5 grams), type r intake valves @ $125 and if that doesn't satisfy, replace the inner springs with portflow @80 to rev beyond 9k. Hope this helps you out.

 

The main thing to figure out is what cams but if you run toda a or b's or skunk 2 even CTR cams the best springs are Type R outers and Portflow inners rev to 9 grand all day long

 

defintely get tit. retainers. i know from experience that itr retainers break when used frequently to 9k.