i guess my opinion of the ej20 comes from partly working at mastro for awhile and seeing them all busted to shit, plus some that ive seen laying around S&R with holes in the block. I donno i guess depends on the tune and what you do to it. I didnt do anything to my motor and i never overboosted mine either. I just had bolt ons for the longest time. But i guess me being the 3rd owner didnt help either. I did replace the oem clutch at like 65k miles. And that was when the car was bone stock.so i guess that just goes to show that my rod spinning was obviously part of the other two owners driving like tards. All i know is im happy with my 2.5 block and supportin mods for my 18g =)