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B16 head on JDM Type R shortblock?????
Posted: March 14th, 2005, 6:34 am
by NirVTEC
I was just flipping through an old issue of Honda Tuning with the Hondata HC hatch and it mentioned that his 1st setup was a stock B16 head on a type r block. I assume it was done for compression reasons and possibly flow characteristics. Can anyone tell me what kind of compression this combo yield? I am currently prepping my EG with a JDM B18C for roadracing. Also, would using the stock B16 cams be ideal or would it be better to stick with the Type R cams if I went with the B16/B18 combo?
I am a total newbie to the Type R world! I was blessed with a blown single cam a couple months ago and now I am going for the GUSTO!
I hope to see some of you in Iowa in 2 months as I pan to be there with some ITR friends.
Re: B16 head on JDM Type R shortblock?????
Posted: April 1st, 2005, 5:38 pm
by Chris N
NirVTEC wrote:I was just flipping through an old issue of Honda Tuning with the Hondata HC hatch and it mentioned that his 1st setup was a stock B16 head on a type r block. I assume it was done for compression reasons and possibly flow characteristics. Can anyone tell me what kind of compression this combo yield? I am currently prepping my EG with a JDM B18C for roadracing. Also, would using the stock B16 cams be ideal or would it be better to stick with the Type R cams if I went with the B16/B18 combo?
I am a total newbie to the Type R world! I was blessed with a blown single cam a couple months ago and now I am going for the GUSTO!
I hope to see some of you in Iowa in 2 months as I pan to be there with some ITR friends.
Might want to ask in the main forum here.. or honda-acura.net or honda-tech.com. Not much traffic in this forum except the occaisonal thread for meets.
Posted: November 8th, 2005, 5:39 pm
by barknuts88
there shouldn't be any compression changes because a b16 head is a type r head. At the factory some heads have been taken off the assembly line and ported a little bit and then put on a type r. So a type r head starts as a b16 head.
Posted: June 1st, 2007, 3:04 am
by Mary
barknuts88 wrote:there shouldn't be any compression changes because a b16 head is a type r head. At the factory some heads have been taken off the assembly line and ported a little bit and then put on a type r. So a type r head starts as a b16 head.
are you sure about that?
Posted: June 10th, 2007, 4:57 am
by junkyard racer
yes, he is correct. Same PR-3 casting. R heads are hand worked from Honda.