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2ndGenTeg · 04-08-2002, 01:42 AM

2200cc is a pretty tall claim. His cylinder walls would only be .4mm thick. I repeat- .4mm. Do you realize how thin that is? Center to center, B series cylinders are 90mm. In order to get 2200cc of displacement in a B18C, he'd have to be bored to 89.6mm. His head gasket would blow the first time he revved the engine past 2000rpm. The largest you can bore a B series before running into problems 84mm, 86mm if you sleeve. Take that to the strip next weekend, and call him out on his BS.

If it were true, think of it as about even with an Integra with an H22 swapped in. He has the disadvantages of a slower piston speed and parasitic drag (an Integra with an H22 won't have power steering, ABS, or A/C), but the advantages of a lighter engine and higher compression. Unmodified save the compression (no bolt ons), I'd give him a low to mid 13 on street tires, good driving.

With a fully built engine and ignoring our mysterious overbore/head gasket paradox, I doubt torque caught up with horsepower. Hopefully the engine still revs to 5252rpm, which is where they always cross. Once again, with an 89.6mm bore, he couldn't rev past about 2000rpm before blowing his head gasket. Therefore this whole thing is kind of pointless until we find out what he's really got.

04-08-2002, 01:42 AM	#5
2ndGenTeg 4th Gear Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Boulder, CO Age: 44 Posts: 830	2200cc is a pretty tall claim. His cylinder walls would only be .4mm thick. I repeat- .4mm. Do you realize how thin that is? Center to center, B series cylinders are 90mm. In order to get 2200cc of displacement in a B18C, he'd have to be bored to 89.6mm. His head gasket would blow the first time he revved the engine past 2000rpm. The largest you can bore a B series before running into problems 84mm, 86mm if you sleeve. Take that to the strip next weekend, and call him out on his BS. If it were true, think of it as about even with an Integra with an H22 swapped in. He has the disadvantages of a slower piston speed and parasitic drag (an Integra with an H22 won't have power steering, ABS, or A/C), but the advantages of a lighter engine and higher compression. Unmodified save the compression (no bolt ons), I'd give him a low to mid 13 on street tires, good driving. With a fully built engine and ignoring our mysterious overbore/head gasket paradox, I doubt torque caught up with horsepower. Hopefully the engine still revs to 5252rpm, which is where they always cross. Once again, with an 89.6mm bore, he couldn't rev past about 2000rpm before blowing his head gasket. Therefore this whole thing is kind of pointless until we find out what he's really got.