b18c5 forced induction ???????

[18c5sol94]

Originally Posted by KATRick

B18C5's will definitly hold boost. My Best friend has a civic hatch that he was running 11psi for about 6months. I don't think he ever had it dynoed but he ran 12's on street tires. He just spun a rod bering about a week ago. So he is putting pistons and rods in it since it's apart. I don't know why he's putting rods in it because the rods can take 400 tuned whp. By the way just my personal opinion, that little bastard is FAST. I call it the Noisy Crick

what kind of fmu is he running in that thing. you sure he is boosting 11psi on stock internals is that possible

[ohboy95c]

You probally don't wanna here this but it is hard as a beotch to tune a B18C5 with boost no matter what fuel management you run. I was running moderate boost with mine and I blew out sleeve #4 right through the aluminum in the block itself( if you want pictures leave me a message ). First of all I thought I could get away with it with good tuning and RACE GAS ONLY. (You probaly don't have the money to drive around everywhere with 110 or higher cause that shit's expensive. I couldn't enjoy my car cause that's just to much for me.) And with compression that high and running boost that's your only safe option. Next the open deck design of honda's isnt good for high compression with boost. If your working on a small budget like most of us a DECK PLATE OR BLOCK GUARD that closes the deck is one of the best investment's you can make, and most reputable machine shops can install one rather cheaply. Next I would advise low compression piston's because detonation is your enemy. I wasn't even detonating though it was the compression that was just so much for honda's thin sleeves. I ended up cracking 2 inches of #4 on the thrust side of the cylinder bore, at the top were compression is the highest along with temp. Sorry for the story but I'm speaking from experience looK into a deck plate and lower compression. the up side you can sell all those used type-r parts.