all engines have their pluses and minuses. All you have to do is figure out what you want. Turbo b16 is one of the easiest routes to go, with starting it out NA and gradually working to turbo status. A lot of people on here have gone that route and can give you lots of ideas, comments, and a big list of "don't fucking do's". It sounds to me like you want to do some straight line, drag racing, or highway racing. b16 is an excellent engine for that. Keep the rev's high and you won't have a problem. The only thing I have found about the b16 is that if you don't have a VAFC, you don't get the whole joy of vtec because most people don't live at 5500 rpm. b18's have a lot of low end torque, which is what I want because I plan to track race my engine. h22'ing your engine with the description you just gave us all is also another venue. They are coming out with a lot more stuff for that engine- I believe a new set of cams came out for it by Jim Wolf, look it up in SCC.

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www.honda-hookup.com

these two places will give you a wealth of knowledge, just got to pick through the bullshit.