I've heard that too. I think it has iron sleeves and lower compression pistons.vanzep wrote:F22 is meant to be the best block for turbo applications so ive heard
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f22b Prelude... any one want?
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its more the iron sleeves, they are compatible with forged pistons unlike the h22/23's frm liners, thet arent particularly low comp!A1ex wrote:I've heard that too. I think it has iron sleeves and lower compression pistons.vanzep wrote:F22 is meant to be the best block for turbo applications so ive heard

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I heard it was mainly due to the fact that the F22 was a cast block and stronger than the H22 - interesting subject as the F22's are pretty much overlooked... 

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Re: f22b Prelude... any one want?
yeah by the sounds of it they are the choice for tubro conversion.. pretty rare too 

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so you should keep it and do a turbo build projectwchestnutt wrote:yeah by the sounds of it they are the choice for tubro conversion.. pretty rare too

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