"Save up $3-4k and you'll hit the 130whp mark with no FI."

How? And again, sorry for believing part manufacturers and vendors... what a crazy idea.

 

search and you shall find the answer....

i know your new but read through the power forum and see what pops out at you...

 

You guys are trying to get 100HP per 1000cc worth of displacement.
Honda did this way back in 1989 with the B16 (1.6liters and 160HP)
I have had a couple of those engines and I can tell you honestly that unless you
bump compression considerable, or increase the bore considerably along with some agressive cams, it is not going to happen with simple bolt ons on the Xb/Xa engine.
I have seen the low cam and high cam lobes on the B16 engine and the difference is tremendous. If your engine does not have a way to switch cam profiles, you are going to end up with a high strung engine that makes good up top power and is a dog at low RPM, plus a crappy lumpy idle.
140 to 150HP on our little 1.5's is not going to happen with bolt ons, never.

 

It would be nice to see what the 1nz could do with some high-compression piston's though. 12:1 with maybe a 8K redline and other re-enforced internals would be an awsome xB setup.

 

i know someone who did that.......

 

It wouldn't happen to be you would it? If so what kind of numbers does it produce? How does it feel through the powerband? What kind of piston's did you use? And lots of other questions.

 

no, it wasn't me......yet.....