Re: What's up! Honda Virgin! *****NWS*****
 

Thanks for the welcome guys. Where do you guys post your pr0n, so I don't have to worry about forgetting to put the NWS in the title. :-)

And thanks for the info. I have been looking at what needs to be removed from the Lude to fit the turbo. 1st on the agenda is to move the battery to the boot. I want to try to keep the AC going, so a mitsu turbo may not be the best route because of the outlet location. Too much piping, IMHO.

Now, being that the engine has 161k on it, I am thinking about rebuilding it for reliable boost application. So 9:1 compression pistons, upgraded rods, and now that I know they crank is weak, that will be ditched as well. I want it to handle about 10 psi reliably, without getting scared of blowing the bottom end.

Re: What's up! Honda Virgin! *****NWS*****
 

Balanced H22 stocker should be perfectly fine for that. H23's are a bit of an anomaly

Re: What's up! Honda Virgin! *****NWS*****
 

If it's only a 10 psi setup and you don't want to use the h23 block you can use an f22b1 block you could buy one from a pick and pay or somewhere like that fo 100 bucks or so. The f is basicaly the same block as the h23 it just has cast iron sleeves that can handle boost prety well.

Bigdaddyvtec ran a stock f22b1 for about 6 months at around 15-17 psi Ive had mine at 11-12ish psi on an evo8 turbo for a year now.

Re: What's up! Honda Virgin! *****NWS*****
 

when will you turbo a mans car :-*

Re: What's up! Honda Virgin! *****NWS*****
 

We keep it out of the tech forums, just in GD and Porn forums, but if you have NSFW or NWS in the title no one cares.

projekteg/Kevin Thackston made 500+ off of a stock H23 bottom end, and there are a bunch of other people who've had great luck out of them. They are the exception to the rule, however.

H and F series are all related and parts interchange to a large degree. With the exception of H22 none of the H/F were very well balanced, unlike the more fluent D's and B's. All the F-series are good for getting 140-180K on them and starting in with rod knock... H23 do this as well, but their cranks are famous for breaking when a bearing tries to spin. The oil pumps wear out easily in the high mileage cars, too. H23/H22 both have FRM bores which don't play well with forgings, which is unhappy.

If it were me I'd get one of the JDM F22B's someone else mentioned and lay 10 psi into it with a good tune. Stock for stock, the F22B won't have as much ooomph, but under boost it'll far outstrip an H23. If you feel like building an engine later, toss your H23 head onto the F22 block w/ forged internals.

Here's the last H23 I tuned, it was a pretty nice setup and I was surprised by the power: http://forum.ectune.com/viewtopic.php?t=428