please Help! JDM engine differences..

Originally posted by AzCivic
hey Honda_Tengoku, why dont you just turbo the d16?

first of all. It doesnt make power in the lower RPMs at all. I mean the H22 (a little exagerated, but u know what I mean here) makes more torque at idle than the D16 does at peak. THe D16 wont make any power until boost starts coming on. What is that about 3,000 to 4,500 RPM depending on the turbo for the application I need. Second In order to make the car run 12's the car will have to have some serious internal work and I would have to run like 14+ pounds of boost to do that. U are talking about alot of money here. More than its worth. An all motor car is more reliable than a boosted car just as long as your NA engine doesnt see the neighborhood of 9,000+ RPM. Obviously a highly tuned, high RPM NA car will suffer from harmonic vibrations, and lots of wear, but this wont be the case for me. That and I want to be different. Everyone seems to be going turbo these days. And so when u spank an American muscle car they're excuse will be, "Well u got a turbo!". We dont want to give them any excuse do we? I want them to know they got spanked by an all motor honda. U just get more respect. I plan on running low 12's on drag radials, all motor.