for mothers day (yeah i know it was a wile ago) i went to my cousins house and he was an airplane mechanic. i was telling me all the things i wanted to do with my civic and how much a set of forged pistons would cost. he told me that they use to coat the pistons in an airplane with chrome and that made them really hard. can you do this with pistons for a civic. this has to be cheaper then buying forged pistons. has anyone ever heard of this?

 

I think I have seen adds in the back of SCC about it. I don't know much about it. I can imagine that a chrome covering would make the piston really smooth, wich would help resist detonation. Adding hardness to the piston its self? I doubt it. If any of that chrome ever flaked off I don't think that it would be good for your motor.

 

i am not looking to get mad power out of my sohc, i would like it but i and not looking to spend mad money on my sohc. if i could spend some change to get my pistons coated to make them stronger i would do. and yes i will upgrade the rods!

 

just get a set of SRP's I've seen them sold for around $380 -$400

 

that is not too bad. almost every where i have seen pistons are running around 499