Opinions needed for BOOST project

[marcj]

What's up guys? here's the scenario; I own a '96 honda civic ex, with a B16A built for boost (not sleeved), and I have a good turbo setup together aside from the manifold.. but here's the problem, it's my only car and i've had a few friends recently blow their engines with similar setups, and it's making it hard to actually pay $900 for a manifold setup just to risk breaking down and screwing myself..

SO, I pulled an SR20DE from a 2000 infiniti g20 today, 180k miles on an automatic tranny. cam lobes look mint, no sluge build up.. the internals look great. I'm suppose to go back to the junk yard tomorrow and pony up $200 for the complete motor minus the tranny. My plans are to put my turbonetics T3/T04e 57 trim
, 780cc injectors, etc. on the SR20 and drop it into a B13 Nissan Sentra..

So I'm asking, Does this sound like a good idea to you guys? To me it seems logical since the SR20 is known for the stock internals hold almost 2x what a Honda motor does boosted.

[b16ftw]

sleeve that block. keep the b16 boosted

[marcj]

I can't sleeve it now.. it's my daily driver
there's only 2500 miles on my block w/ forged internals, there's no way i'm taking it out any time soon.

one of my friends had a built motor, everything but valves.. ended up dropping a valve in #3 and tore up his head and cylinder walls, and 1 endyne piston.. it just seems like you can't boost a honda without **** breaking :(

trust me, i've been into hondas way before the scene even became popular. I'm 25 and I've owned hondas since I was 16 and wanted a CRX before that.

[scttydb411]

your friend dropping a valve isn't because of boosting. you can boost a honda if done right and tuned. it just depends on what your goals are. if you're looking for more power on stock internals the sr20 may be the better choice, but you can have 200-250whp on a stock internal b16. if you're happy with 200-230 on your daily driver and want reliability then boost what you've got. if you want more then build it or keep looking.

[marcj]

true. my theory is, the SR20 is a solid block, meaning there are no sleeves to crack or walk during extreme pressure.. as long as I pull the rods, drop in some forged pistons, ARP rod bolts & head studs, and a metal headgasket.. the SR20 will out do my B16A built the same way..

I hate to come this far with the civic, just to abandon the project, but my theory makes sense right?

[SiRed94]

ok since you already have the B16a "built for boost" if that includes rods and pistons then you can safely run 12 psi all day without cracking a sleeve, most likely even more boost than that if the pistons are lower C/R than stock... and with that setup you could easily put down 260-280 to the wheels... and as far as you spending $900 on a manifold setup... thats ****ing insane... you can find a manifold on ebay for as cheap as $75 ... and with the downpipe maybe another $125... the setup will not blow if you don't turn up the boost... and tuning is key... buy a cheap manifold and use the left over money to get your **** tuned....

[SiRed94]

i know several people that run b16's on 10psi on completely stock internals and take them to redline all the time without any problems...