Use LS or wait for GSR?Sleeved,forged
 

Well i have a decision to make, i have a jdm 98 r head that im going to be using for my turbo setup.
I have eagle rods and cp pistons allready and ive been TRYING to find a gsr block to send to bensen to get sleeved but havn't seen any as cheap as i would like to spend so far. SO...
Do you guy's think i should just snag a LS blockand send it to bensen then run LS-Vtec
OR should i just wait for a gsr block then send that to bensen and run my head on that?

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D-series FTW :S

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wait for the gsr ---- lsvtec

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Yea ls-vtec's give me a little bit of an uneasy feeling as well. Id rather run a block that is meant to have a vtec head mated to it. Even though there really arn't much differences between the gsr block and ls block aside from the oil squirters.

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if you're building the bottom end then why does it really matter, it would be the same at that point

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So the question comes to the oil squirters, jd or someone with some insight, with all forged internals would not having the oil sqirters make a difference.?

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stock sleeve LS vtec :y Im ordering rods/pistons and their only $704 shipped for weisco and eagles.

But u dont need oil squirters with forged pistons, thats why GE sells those JDM plugs for them ;)

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Oil squirters are useless. I have never heard of an engine failure attributed to not having them, but if one gets nicked or bent they cause wonderful oil pressure problems.

Go ERL or AEBS for your block. A shop I talk to had three Bensons blocks in a row sink.

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I'm not trying to bad mouth Benson's, but it's a one man operation I've been aware of for a decade now, and I've been hearing his name everywhere in the last year. I figure he's good and buried, and that's his problem.

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They are 734 shipped for CP's and eagles, id spend the extra 30 and go with the CP's. CP's for honda's have a better name in my book, when i hear wiseco i think dirtbikes for some reason. lol

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JD, know any places to get good deals on AEBS or ERL sleeving? What about GE sleeving also?

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i'd just rock an LS block, people ask too much for bare gsr blocks.

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If you could get a GE sleeved b18b never ran with main caps,pan,pickup and a few other things for 950 shipped would you do it?

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ha fuk you my friend, my lsvtec owned gsr's all day long, even in the same fukin car, both motors pretty much stock.

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Yes.

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http://www.importbuilders.com/buildingbestturbo.htm <~ read... 77.4 FTW :-*

http://www.importbuilders.com/articles.htm he has written a couple articles... all based on his OPINIONS and EXPERIANCES... im sure JD will chime in on them, think he did last time i posted that link too...


btw....buy my GSR block... :y

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cool..

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http://www.importbuilders.com/backup...oncomparo.html :8

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Just read it, Everyone has there own opinions.

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good write up

not sure if i agree with everything he says but i am not a profsional motor builder so........

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That'd be perfect for him.

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I go through Brandon @ BRMS, (828) 433-4545, mention me. He might be able to do some wierd shipping deal where at no time the block touched his hands, but still get you the good price. He's not the one who had the Benson's problem, in fact I think he has two Benson's blocks sitting right now, one for the shop drag car and the other for a turbo K24 EP3, he'll probably talk to you about Bensons and AEBS as those are the two places he deals with. I probably have a hookup through Mr pgmfi with ERL, I'd have to ask, but he's had nothing but luck with ERL.

Uh, Jeff at limpdickbuilders is not exactly a font of reliable knowledge, I don't care to click links to his site, sorry. His business was built with (read: by) Rick Solis, when Rick needed seed money to do something. Rick Solis is a huge e-prick, he makes me look pleasant, but he knows his ---- (he left Jeff... duh) and is supposed to be pretty nice in person.

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well jd , hook it up, i got a g that needs to get spent, i want my block by xmas so when i take leave i can get my build done.

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Call Brandon, mention me, see what he can do for you. He's 100% legit, has a sweet shop, and I get to have one of his cars on the dyno this weekend.

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Where is his shop located? does he have a website?

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yeah...cracked JDM B18C... all ready for a good old fashion sleevin...

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turbohf, where are you at? how much you want?

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S. Everett... 150 for the block, 75 for the crank... its all in the classifieds with pics and ----...