Spoon parts = 10,000 RPM redline? - Honda Forum / Acura Forum

01gsr · 10-22-2002, 12:17 AM

Spoon rods, pistons, crank and camshafts, and some titanium valvetrain components can supposedly get a b18c1 to rev upto 10k safely? anyone else heard this? A few websites selling thier products are claiming this.

1Greyteg · 10-22-2002, 06:17 AM

There are No cams that make power in that range or even above 9K for that matter so dreaming of a 10,000 RPM fuel cutoff is moot.

You can upgrade your valvetrain and build the bottom end as well and the most you should even play with is between 9,200 and 9,500 RPM, even then your cams "by then you'll need aftermarket cams to attempt any power past 8,500 RPM," will plateau and fall off losing power in some cases.

FYI 10,000 is insanely fast Hell 8,500 is fast yet... Try not to think of spinning the motor faster for whatever odd reason you desire and try to set it up to produce power.

Higher RPM is NOT always the answer. Higher Compression is a more certain bet before raising your redline.

And why would you want to raise it to 10K anyways? when would you be shifting there anyways and how often? The longevity of your engines life will certainly be limited regardless of buildups.

But, to answer your question Yes those things that Spoon offers in conjunction with a valvetrain buildup and cams that produce power above 8,500 RPM will allow you to spin that fast for fractions of seconds at a time and Not blow everything up.

Some motors can do this, Some can't it depends on if you have one of the good ones.

WARNING don't try this at home!!! It's just Not worth it...

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eppo · 10-22-2002, 06:35 AM

if you build up your head with skunk2 parts, you can also bring rev up to 10k safely. though as greyteg says, there is no reason to go there, but this means you can rev to 8k-8.5k even safer, in my opinion.