JonDouglas

Probably .020"

I was thinking .020" off the block and the head.

Heh, after some digging around, I have found that the actual dome volume of the Vitara pistons is 15 cc.

Bone1

Vitaras don't have domes, dumbass.

JonDouglas

Excuse me, the dish is 15 cc. I guess that one could have slipped by if I had said inverted dome. I had been staring at compression calculators into the wee hours of the mooring.

:1

---- it, I am not going to use Vitaras. It looks like the best way to achieve my goals is with SRP pistons.

the 13th round

+1

seerex

Vitaras will do it, just pm Fjt about the rods. They will be a bit longer to bump comp.

JonDouglas

Meh, I guess I would be better off financially in the end by going this route and just using the stock cam.

-SKUM-

If you had longer rods wouldnt it hit your head? For the price of the rods I would just turn up the boost a little more

JonDouglas

No, the compression height on the Vitara pistons is about 1.3 mm shorter than a standard D series piston. The special length rods are to close the gap between the piston and the deck on a Vitara build. IT is a great idea, but the dish on the pistons is much larger than previously thought.

the 13th round

i would look into cost on the rods, it may be cheaper, and more reliable to go with srps and some normal h-beam rods. vitaras are still just a cast piston, where as srp are forged. and d16 h-beams are everywhere used, for cheap.

JonDouglas

Damn you! Persuading me to continue with my original train of thought.

:P

Any good places to find a good set of D16 h beam rods cheap?

Here's the tentative plan. Just thinking aloud, so to pseak.

-SRP pistons with a 6.6 cc dish.
-Eagle or most likely TT rods.
-Stock Y8 head gasket.
Mill the block 0.015" this will put my pistons to head distance at about .041" right about where it should be.
Mill the head about .010"

This should net about 9.2:1-9.3:1. Right about where I want to be.