600 doesn't seem out of the question to me, but it's a shit load of power on any OEM N/A jap pistons.
He does beat the shit out of that yellow crx with the stock b16 at like 26psi. Maybe he knows something none of us do.
I know for a fact the J series are strong, i tuned a stock one years ago that broke 600. They make 300 stock, almost any engine with a decent tune will hold 15lbs, what makes anyone think that a stock one wont do that?
You guys are looking at it completely wrong, its all about cylinder pressure which pushes on the piston which pushed on the rods creating a twisting force on the crank, which is tq, from which hp is calculated from. A j32 making 600hp is like a gsr making 400hp, that's 100hp per cylinder. A j32 making 600hp is less hp per L(187hp/l) than a gsr making 400(222hp/L). Less hp per liter mean less cylinder pressure. Excessively high cylinder pressures is what breaks stuff, ie denotation.
As much as we love the 4cyl stuff, i really believe that honda built their 6cyls stronger, ie used in their at the time flagship model NSX. Which makes me think maybe they'll hold even more than most people think.
The v8 guys wont admit it but what were doing is quite amazing. What the better b series guys with relatively stock engines( ie head, block, crank) make alike 8-9hp per ci, thats on par with the badass current pro mod's. And it all come down to cylinder pressures, that means a b series car that goes 8's that uses a stock heads, crank, and block create and hold the same cylinder pressures as a pro mod. Think about it.