Ok, Selling my setup in a few weeks... its the 81.5mm stock sleeved b18 block, rods and pistons... and a b16 head...

Now im lookin for a new setup..
I have thought about the option of sending a block away to benson to get sleeved and assembled.... their 3050$ option with the eagle rods.

Just wondering if it would be fine to send a block that i have kickin around... its a b18b with a good crank... but i was told the cylinder walls are fucked and WAY out of round... basically cannot be bored at all... So, this would be a perfect block to send im thinking... anyone tell me otherwise?

should i hold out and try and find a GSR block with a solid girdle? or would this b18b be fine to send to Earl?

Anyone with any opinion in the matter would help...

thanks..

also, anyone that has shipped from canada, what method did you use, and whats the price rangE?

 

why eagle rods? i personally dont like theiur quality not when you match their quality to like manley,carrillo,pauter,crower,ect

 

eagles are cheap...unless your building a HIGH horsepower motor or all motor, they will work just fine. I rock them at around 400whp, daily driven.

This block would be perfec to sleeve.

I have a GSR girdle laying around if you want to buy it. No hardware, just the girlde itself.

 

Matt Keller uses eagle rods in his 9.4 sec civic lol

 

^^^ good to know


im goin for around 500whp on pump gas.... i have the turbo setup on the way that will be capable

 

Dont let people talk **** about eagles, plenty of people have made great power on them and will continue to, 99% of the bullshit you hear about eagles is due to user's(builders) own mistakes or what people have heard, but yet 95% of them havent expierenced anything wrong with their products personally.

And as for you question i think both would work...a little more effort would go into doing the conversion but it looks like it was already done so honestly either way would work well. From the point your at right now i would just send out the b18 you have and stick with the LSV-T

 

Yeah, eagles can withstand power. Lots of people talkin **** without experience. Made 424whp with mine and still goin strong.

 

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should i hold out and try and find a GSR block with a solid girdle? or would this b18b be fine to send to Earl?

Anyone with any opinion in the matter would help...

thanks..

also, anyone that has shipped from canada, what method did you use, and whats the price rangE?</TD></TR></TABLE>

PM or call Earl. I think he has a few cores (blocks & cranks) if you want the GSR block

 

well i think its the people who have had bad expierences are the reason why other people decide not to use them.

 

Eagles are fine.. I've had them in my car for 2+ yrs now.. Not a problem..

Its the tuning that is critical.. I'd rather run Eagles w/ a good tune as opposed to running a set Manley/pauter/FR/Crower rods on a shitty tune just to say I have "so and so" rods..

 

i have no problem with my eagles at all... im only makin 320 on them, but drove it hard all year...

only question now would be send the b18b or look for a solid girdle.....