318 and boost...

Prine,

I was not discounting your assertion that the 'teen can handle it, I just was wondering who is running it currently and the boost levels that folks are running in what combos. It was just something that I was musing about since the 318 has such low compression to begin with.

While I know that the lowly 318 doesn't get a lot of love, I was thinking since they are out there to be had and people practically give them away, you can start there without having to upgrade internals and still be streetable and MUCH more respectable on pump gas.

I know that knock can kill pretty much anything with less boost in short order. So what I was thinking in terms of a "budget build" is using quality components and a good tune on a low mileage stock block. If it gives up, you then make the move to upgrade the internals. Two cracks at it on the same block...that was kind of what I was thinking.