BBKA is back! He swapped to a DOHC!
02-26-2006, 12:14 PM
#131
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Re: BBKA is back! He swapped to a DOHC!
Originally Posted by beerbongskickass
Why don't more people run LS heads then? Why do all of the high horsepower 500+ whp hondas you see run vtec heads? I am somewhat curious why you feel so strongly that an LS is better than a B16/GSR/ITR head. I'll do a little searching because I'm sure you have posted why you think the LS head is better somehwere, but feel free to post up why.
, which is not true. I agree that good head work on an LS with some good cams can flow as much if not more than the almight vtec head 
bc a vtec head is in "economy mode" or whatever until what 5000rpm or later 
02-26-2006, 12:48 PM
#132
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Re: BBKA is back! He swapped to a DOHC!
Originally Posted by beerbongskickass
Why don't more people run LS heads then? Why do all of the high horsepower 500+ whp hondas you see run vtec heads? I am somewhat curious why you feel so strongly that an LS is better than a B16/GSR/ITR head.
Record for power with a bone stock LS head, strapped to a 2.0 built bottom end, is 850 whp.
What I am saying, is that there is no functional reason to upgrade from LS to B-VTEC, for 90% of the high dollar HT builds you see... you know, the ones that cost $15K or so when you could acheive the same power with reliability for $3.5K or so?
Go to HT and look at StyleTeg's 11:1 CR LS build... B16 pistons in a stock bottom end, Crower 404's and valvetrain. He dyno'd back to back with an ITR, and while they made about the same peak power the ITR... due to those "better" flowing lazy ports... had NOTHING for midrange and most of the top end, when compared to the LS. If that confuses you, go read mototune guy's articles about filling ports in order to increase average charge velocity and see if that explains why.
If I wanted 375-500 whp, aside from the slightly lower knock limit on pump gas, there is no reason to choose a VTEC head over an LS one. For 500+, well, gimme a set of cams - that cost less than a VTEC head - and we'll play.
02-26-2006, 03:20 PM
#135
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Re: BBKA is back! He swapped to a DOHC!
Originally Posted by SinisterCRX
I meant he runs with the Vtec B series guys, even though he doesnt have v-tack
JP
02-26-2006, 04:46 PM
#136
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Re: BBKA is back! He swapped to a DOHC!
Originally Posted by Joseph Davis
Play nice? I was only mimicking Brad Z in re K-series (He lives in NC, too, jecu! And he'c closer to you :P ) but the sociological insight on why stupid riceboys want hype things with no concern for their practicality, now, don't go busting my onions for telling the simple truth. Not that I wouldn't like to play with a K-series of my own at some point, I'm really digging my D-series right now even though I loathe their gearboxes, but between expense and having to send the crankshaft off to modify the journals for the H22 bearings they should have run in the first place just to make them reliable I'm not too interested in rushing off and doing that one just yet. Frankly, I'll hop on an F22/F23 next, if I don't *finally* do something with my 90 5.0 trunk.
But the H22 bearing mod is pretty intersting, I guess that is the same kinda bearing or size they use in nascar or some ----.?
PS. I hate the damn K-series tranny. Cable trannies just **** me off.
02-26-2006, 06:38 PM
#140
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Re: BBKA is back! He swapped to a DOHC!
Originally Posted by 88dx
Dont make your Coupe a "race car" find something else cheap to strip down
