It's a hit or miss and this is a topic you don't want any misses.
Raising a the redline and tuning for it will move your power band and leave your low/mid range a bit bland.
Then ask yourself where in that rev-range will you see yourself and you can come up with a better answer. Tons of things at play here.
A balanced crank/rods with an ATI and great oil pump clearances should last quite a bit but it's all determined on driver/abuse/tune.
Whoever plans on this should have coolers, damper, tune and should open their filters.
Rev should be determined on Rod/stroke ratio + mods + tune. Even then it's not a guarantee.
It appears the VHR has a 1.72 ratio (if math is right)
For better comparision:
Honda K24s have a 1.54 ratio and with a type S pump they are usually revved to 8k
While it's younger brother the K20 has a 1.62 ratio and these are take to 9k every day.
The odd child would be the F20c with a ratio of 1.81 and these are production engines with a standard 9k rev limit.
I understand that how some may feel about Hondas however these high revvers can provide great info at that ratio as long as everything else holds 8k should be feasible.
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