Originally Posted by sleepinsol

i bet my ls vtec is just as reliable as any gsr at high revs, with more tq to boot. if u dont skip steps and cut corners when u build the ls vtec it will be plenty reliable. one can speculate all day about why honda did this and why honda did that, but the truth is, none of us are the enigneers that designed these motors. so think what you want. i did tons of research before i built my setup. and i did manage to sumble across that article. does it make sense? sure. the gsr has a superior r/s ratio than any ls vtec or b20 vtec etc....and a b16 has a better ratio than the gsr. but dyno numbers and et's dont lie. as far as reliability goes, its all in the assembly. assemble right, and youre golden. cut corners and of course its going to blow up. but i have yet to see an decently built lsv put pistons thru cylinder walls. in fact ive seen more gsr's do that than ls vtecs.