Originally Posted by
FrodoGT
A Sohc will get plenty over 300 AND will make torque. They have a longer stroke (90mm vs 77) and the same disp. It will make more torque down low. Dont under estimate the sohc.
Also if your looking for 250whp a set of vitara pistons and forged rods will do that for less than 500 bucks. Id like to see you build the internals of a b16 for that. Straight From FJT you can get a complete rebuild kit including all the seals and belts water pump pistons, rings etc, and then rods for a total of 589. HA!
With that plus a cam some head work and an IM your ready for 350.
Why? You can do that with a BONE STOCK b16, no need to build it. Also, to make that on the SOHC I bet you have to run a high amount of boost as well, but I have personally seen over 300whp on 9lbs of boost without problems on a conservative tune on a bone stock b16 w/ ebay kit.
DOHC>SOHC all dayyyyyyyyy