let's go back to the technical matters...now into rod/stroke ratio...
I read in Honda Tuning mag, the rod/stroke ratio for street motor should be between 1.5 to 1.8, the ideal is 1.75....B16A is at 1.74, B18CR is at 1.58, anyone know what is it for B16B?...
the thing is, a mech told me it is not good to stroke up a B16B to 1.8, since it will somewhat affect the cylinder wall, etc...the engine wont last long like a standard B16B.....this might have something to do with the above R/S ratio thingy...but isn't a stroke up B16B will have the same R/S ratio with B18CR, which is 1.58?....how would that be bad?....does it mean a stock B18CR wont last as long as a stock B16B?....is that why Honda engineers de-stroke the B18CR when the designing the EK9 last time?