I've definetly seen the VQ take 12lbs and be beat on very regularly for over a year with no problems. They can definetly handle it.
HOWEVER , I have also seen a VQ grenade itself and throw a rod through the block at 9lbs. So who knows.
Maybe different years, maybe freak motor, maybe baby jesus blessed one?
I'd say ten pounds is about the point where you need to really start watching out and planning to build the motor, in the future.
Sounds like an issue with a tuner to me.
Sounds like an issue with lack of knowledge of the platform, and dumb kids with no experience tuning cars to me.
NOTHING in the import scene has the R&D of a Honda B-series. 3-4 years ago the gospel was you can make 600-650 on a stock sleeve block, because everyone knew someone who was doing it. Now 20/20 hindsight says anything over 400 is a tick-tock tick-tock timebomb. That's a
forty fucking
percent variation in acceptable power from a decade older and nine times more prevalent power plant.
See also mexican block post-69 302, Toyota 3S-GTE with their crackalicious crankshafts, SRT-4 good for 500 whp on a stock block then turn around and 5-6 year old perfectly kept stock vehicles pitch rods out of the block, SR20s (most overhyped engine, ever) that pop at 450 when a stock-not-meant-for-boost KA24 eats more boost without failing, EJ20 that can't make power and EJ25 that crack ringlands stock, and I could type for hours but basically anything else hyped in a fucking magazine or on a forum full of teenage faggots with mommy's credit card and no clue how to change oil although they have a highly developed opinion of what oil they
HAVE to run in their car.
People have made 500 whp off of stock GSRs with T67 bolted to them, and had them last 8-10K miles. Robb and I have both seen a 450whp stock longblock stock headgasket 7M-GTE, on a Mustang dyno that would have meant 520 on any of the local Dynojets. Common knowledge states that GSRs and stock 7M can't handle those power figures. Who's right? The side with the most failures over a long enough period of time, of course.
Fuck what you think you know based off of some internet posts and the luck of random faggots - if that shit meant anything then the AFC hack would still be king. I don't come here for dumbassery and fanboi cluelessness, the day you people start riding bandwagons is the day I'm out of here. We're
years into this site and into our knowledge and I'd expect you dipshits to doubt everything like reasonable individuals.
Everything fails. Fuck you.