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For $8,000, you can build a pretty decent all motor setup... I wouldn't be as quick to shoot for 250whp though, that's a tough number to hit with a B-Series. If you had twice the money, I'd say it wouldn't be a problem.

- i wouldnt think that 250whp would be impossible with an 8k budget. hell....stock type-r's put out what? 210-220? i dont have all the details figured out but i have a general idea - sleeved block, 12.1-12.5:1 compression(as long as it can be run on pump gas) pistons, skunk2 pro series cams or comp cams....JUN maybe? full port and polish on head, intake and exhaust side valve job(i know a guy who can do the head work better than ANY machine- Buddy Jentzen, old drag racer from back in the day), dual springs....the works.

if i do decide to turbo it can i run turbo cams on a N/A engine for the time being(if turbo cams are necessary for FI motors-could i run the skunk2 pro series or comp cams stage 3-4 on a turbo motor)? or would it hurt the engine?

Don't waste your money. Just come up with a block and a head, and call RLZEngineering in Concord, NC. They've built many 250-260whp all motor B-Series in the past, one for a friend of mine for his Type-R.

i was hoping someone would give me a local place, if not i was gonna ask. it would be a bitch to ship a block to cali and back on top of the cost for the work. they have a website? (ill check anyways)

Well, keep in mind, you don't want too high of CR. Typically, with decently aggressive cams, you'd want around 11.5:1CR, no higher than 12:1CR. Example, a friend of mine dyno'd IDENTICAL Type-R engines with Skunk2 Pro-Is, with CTR pistons (12.5:1CR), and P30 pistons (11.4:1CR), and guess which setup lost 4whp due to it's CR? Yeap, the setup with CTR pistons.

Sometimes less is more, especially with all motor Hondas.

was it tuned correctly????? it shouldnt have dropped in HP because he had higher compression.... maybe he should have used race gas/or chosen a more streetable CR.

hmmm

...when building an engine for NA it eventually gets to the point to where you have to go with pistons. And the only way you're going to get any kind of decent power is if you choose high compression pistons to go with a nice set of agressive cams.

Sure, go ahead and do that. I did

But after that, any kind of FI is out of the question on that block.

you should be able to tap mid to high 12s with the right setup in a CRX.

-jonathan

even w/ a sleeved block capable of 40-50psi of boost id have to use like 9.5:1 CR pistons???

i wanna hit 11's.... then ill go from there..... ive thought about making it strictly a racecar and then just getting something else to drive..... another crx....lol