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Hey guys, I've been pondering. Getting sucked into the never ending process of a build/money pit.
I know some of you may shoot me down for this but hear me out.
I've been thinking over whether or not to do a simple pistons and rods job in the b16 whilst I'm in the position to do so. The question is with my low mileage engine (50k) I want to fit the setup in situ by taking the sump off which it already will be and working under the car.
My process would be to check the bores are in spec first before going down the route, the guys at my local shop will come down with a micrometre and check it for me. Hone the cylinder walls and check crank journals etc properly before assembly, I'm pretty confident the engine is mint. I was looking at 81mm CP/Wiseco pistons and Eagle rods with std size ACL bearings. Run a lower comp of 9:0:1 or 9:8 and a bearings tolerance of .018 - .020 checked with plasti gauge and gap the rings to spec.
Justin Shane on youtube seems to of had great results with doing this aslong as the engine was un-molested and original to start with.
I was just thinking it would be nice not to worry about my chicken leg rods everyday and instead of building a b18 in the future I could do something now whilst in this position and run this setup for longer.
I know some of you may shoot me down for this but hear me out.
I've been thinking over whether or not to do a simple pistons and rods job in the b16 whilst I'm in the position to do so. The question is with my low mileage engine (50k) I want to fit the setup in situ by taking the sump off which it already will be and working under the car.
My process would be to check the bores are in spec first before going down the route, the guys at my local shop will come down with a micrometre and check it for me. Hone the cylinder walls and check crank journals etc properly before assembly, I'm pretty confident the engine is mint. I was looking at 81mm CP/Wiseco pistons and Eagle rods with std size ACL bearings. Run a lower comp of 9:0:1 or 9:8 and a bearings tolerance of .018 - .020 checked with plasti gauge and gap the rings to spec.
Justin Shane on youtube seems to of had great results with doing this aslong as the engine was un-molested and original to start with.
I was just thinking it would be nice not to worry about my chicken leg rods everyday and instead of building a b18 in the future I could do something now whilst in this position and run this setup for longer.