General boost question

[jakku]

Have 93 civic eg hatch
b16a
RC 550cc injectors
hondata s300
turbonetics t3/t4
mishimoto 3" fmic
type r cams
blah blah blah

havent threw in new rods or pistons or head studs or bearings yet

so was just wondering what a safe psi to run at would be? 6 psi or can i go higher. i heard i could go up to 10 but that seems pushing it till the internals get thrown in.

[spank]

b16 rods are weak i would go no more than 8psi

[Da_unknown]

the piston rings are weak not rods..

[jakku]

ya ill probably keep it at 6 till the internals are in then go up to 12

[CaTcH22]

Horsepower is actually a limit NOT psi. What power is it making at 6psi? All setups are different, ive seen a sohc make over 200 on 8psi, but a dohc not make 200 at 8 psi.

[dirk-diggler]

the piston rings are weak not rods..

its the ring landins that are weak

[Jdm94Coupe]

its the ring landins that are weak


the piston rings are weak not rods..


b16 rods are weak i would go no more than 8psi

b16's are weak. period. you should pick up a spare 1.8L bottom end and build that..... just a thought.....

[dirk-diggler]

dont knock all b16s i had 1 i sprayed a 75shot on for over a year with no problems

[kain]

vitara pistons and eagle rods. good to go.

[jimjam187]

8 to 10psi @ the most anymore than that your going to be on the side of the road wishing you hadnt messed with the boost settings.. I had a crvtec et up with rods and pistons and ran 16psi all the time for about a year then cracked all 4 sleeves. If your going to repalce the rods get some sleeves, spend the extra $ and have fun not a headache.