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Old 01-06-2010, 08:00 AM
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I have been looking into swapping pistons in my gsr im still wanting this to be my a realiable daily driver so should I go with the ctr or itr pistons ?
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JDM ITR pistons always.
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JDM ITR pistons always.
Why not B16 pistons?
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How difficult is it to swap them?
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rebuild the whole bottem end if your thinking about swapping pistons
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I believe that you can also use P30 pistons. Correct me if I'm wrong
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PR3 and P30 have .23mm lower comp height than P73 pistons,so to make use of the PR3/P30 piston you need to deck the block to gain as higher compression as the
P73 JDM piston.
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PR3 and P30 have .23mm lower comp height than P73 pistons,so to make use of the PR3/P30 piston you need to deck the block to gain as higher compression as the
P73 JDM piston.
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1. JDM ITR pistons (I have heard these are getting hard to find)
2. USDM ITR pistons
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ctr pistons
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RS machine makes many ITR and CTR exact copies with top knotch quality and very affordable.
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