Tuner Toys now offers H Beam rods....
#63
Re:Tuner Toys now offers H Beam rods....
Talk to tuner toys, he'd going to be testing out some Vitara pistons, as am I, except I wont have any info oh how they perform till the spring time.
You can get them from a guy on Honda Tech, I think his name is FJT or FTJ, or something like that. thats where mine are coming from.
You can get them from a guy on Honda Tech, I think his name is FJT or FTJ, or something like that. thats where mine are coming from.
#66
Re:Tuner Toys now offers H Beam rods....
those pistons are going to sit 2mm in the hole in a D16. that is scary. low compression so you can boost a bunch, but all the combustion is happening in the hole rather then in the CC. That is just begging for blown headgaskets, and busted sleeves. I wouldn't deal with them. I'd rather have stock pistons then those.
#67
Re:Tuner Toys now offers H Beam rods....
I dont know how they would work in an A6 but in the Z6, i heard that they will be fine, I'll check in to it, good point.
Stock A6/Z6 pistons wont handle more than 10-12 psi, and thats with superb tuning, if you plan to run more, then you need forged, most guys cant afford to dish out $300 on pistons, so they go with vitaras.
There has to be something you can do about this issue, isnt there?
Stock A6/Z6 pistons wont handle more than 10-12 psi, and thats with superb tuning, if you plan to run more, then you need forged, most guys cant afford to dish out $300 on pistons, so they go with vitaras.
There has to be something you can do about this issue, isnt there?
#68
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dude, are you listening? you head they will wrk fine in a z6 right? great, who are these reputable sources telling you to put a piston with a compression height of 28 in a bottom end who's stock pistons are 30mm and maintain stock rod length. there is nothing about these pistons mettalurgically different that would make them work any better then a stock piston, they just don't make as much compression, so you can boost more. driveability on such low compression out of boost will suck ***, and don't come crying when you pop a headgasket or crack sleeves. I'll just say I told you so. These things are %100 hype. Go ahead and use them if you want, the extra couple hundred bucks for a set of GOOD pistons is well worth it. I mean, even with the vitara pistons, you'll be shelling out (you should be shelling out) close to $1000 into this bottom end, put a couple more bucks in it and do it right.
#69
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I get what youre saying, relax, you are right. I was speaking for everyone else that uses them, anyway, you honestly think they are the same as a stock Z6 piston? if so I would use the pistons I already have instead, i'm topping out at 16 psi pump gas, tuning using uberdata, so I should be fine with stock Z6 pistons?
as for the bottom end, i'm ordering a set of rods from craig next week and the crank and all is gonna be stock.
as for the bottom end, i'm ordering a set of rods from craig next week and the crank and all is gonna be stock.
#70
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you are already at 16psi on your stock Z6 pistons? or aftermarket? if whatever you're doing right now is working out stick w/ it. the only problem is, stock pistons are not going to work w/ these rods as the rods are for floating pins rather then press ins like stock pistons are. I guess that is one benefit of using those vitara pistons, a pro that definitely doesn't outweigh the cons though. I'd say save your money untill you have at least enough for some srp's or something like that. I prefer CP or Arias to JE/SRP/ETC. It'll be worth waiting for. why build a motor wrong when you could wait a few more months and build one correctly. the boost will always be there, it isn't going anywhere