I think it good that you are working on a 1.6ltr. The up to 1600cc is a very competitive class in most state for circuit racing. You have the 4age (both 16v and 20v), Suzuki swift, gemeni's, Mazda 323. Good on you.
I know you have a vtec motor and Honda's are very different but to give you an idea my Dad's Mk1 golf with a 16v 1.6ltr twin cam on ITB's etc makes 99kw's at the front wheels at 8200rpm. So I personally think your car is making good usable HP.
Keep us posted how you go with future mods, 1/4mile and track days.
I'm sure upping comp and bigger cams plus intake mods will give it some more power.
It is what it is and i want to work with what I have.
Next project will be a ep3r
A few years back last time i was on a rolling drum type dyno my jdm b16 with i/h/e/spoon ecu only got 92kw but it was next to a dc2 vtir with i/h/e only made 90kw..
dyno's are just a tuning tool unless u have other cars to compare against but even then so many variables.i'd look at your base run before he tuned it and then the post-tune graphs. Mainly you want a linear torque curve with no dips or peaks and your power curve fairly linear to redline (depending on cams etc) before flattening out at your peak. Your cams should make peak power at 7000-8000rmp if you are running a larger than stock cat and high-flow header.
And lastly, the hp figures u see comming out of the us are always optimistic compared to aus, jpn, nz etc.. if they say their stock b16 is putting down 140hp on 92 ron fuel, u can be sure the same engine in aus on 98 will be 120whp... i dont know if they have smaller horses or different dyno calibration or what but thats the way it is.
A few years back last time i was on a rolling drum type dyno my jdm b16 with i/h/e/spoon ecu only got 92kw but it was next to a dc2 vtir with i/h/e only made 90kw..
dyno's are just a tuning tool unless u have other cars to compare against but even then so many variables.i'd look at your base run before he tuned it and then the post-tune graphs. Mainly you want a linear torque curve with no dips or peaks and your power curve fairly linear to redline (depending on cams etc) before flattening out at your peak. Your cams should make peak power at 7000-8000rmp if you are running a larger than stock cat and high-flow header.
And lastly, the hp figures u see comming out of the us are always optimistic compared to aus, jpn, nz etc.. if they say their stock b16 is putting down 140hp on 92 ron fuel, u can be sure the same engine in aus on 98 will be 120whp... i dont know if they have smaller horses or different dyno calibration or what but thats the way it is.
Ive got a b16a2 running CROME ecu mugen style intake headers exhaust tunnd to 92 kw at the wheels BY Bel Garage myself. It's ok considering the engine is stock.
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