my engine is fine for now and i'm running 8psi. when i get the chance i'm going back to the dyno to tune for 10psi daily. for now i want to plan on building the engine because i know the thin d-series rods won't take much over if 10psi. would shot peened d-series rods be good and cost effective or what rods and pistons should i get? i don't want to change my compression and i want to eventually run 12psi-14psi.

 

You can get away with some Eagle rods and some Rollerwaves. It's 900 bucks tops for parts... You can keep the stock 9.6:1 compression. If tuned right you can run 10 psi daily the way it is now. I have done this on a stock motor for 3 years and counting.

 

You could just get Eagle rods. LS rods can be machined to fit as well. There is always Crower rods as well, but a bit more expensive than the other two options. I chose Eagles, and hope to actually install them soon.

 

I have been running 10 psi for around 15k miles on a stock motor with no problems. It's all in the tuning.

 

just depends on how far you want to take it, I'd say go w/ eagles if the motor is never going to see 15+psi. If so, then i'd spend the money on crower, manley, or other high hp rods. since we're on the subject...does anyone anyone who blew a d-series motor, because the internals couldn't take it? the tuning was there, but the motor just couldn't take the HP....

 

Just spend the money and get some eagles, people say they've run with stock internals for blah blah miles at 10psi, well honestly, thats great. But steping up by 2-4psi can make a big difference on the forces your rods experience. Look into machining some LS rods and have them shotpeened or Cryotreated if your trying to save money. If you can spare the $ get some eagles, they are definetly solid and will withstand up to 20psi on a single cam with no problems. Good luck!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Distorted &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Look into machining some LS rods and have them shotpeened or Cryotreated if your trying to save money. </TD></TR></TABLE>

How much can you really save this way? After the cost of LS rods, shotpeening, machining and cryotreating, is it still alot less than $350?

 

I've had great luck with Crowers, a little expensive though ($650-700). Has anyone tried there new less expensive line? I think you can get a set now for $350?

 

well first off, the stock motor if you jsut replace the headgasket can run 12-14lbs of tuned with a hondata daily w/o any issues.

As for installing rods and pistons withthe endyn pistons you coudl run 18-19 lbs on the stock block if well tuned and not have anny issues. your biggest draw back right now is ecu and fueling. you must get those taken care of before you can do anything else. 12-14 lbs of boost is like 230-250 wheel power. and 18-19 is like 300+ wheel power.

 

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I'd like to know this as well ^^^

 

BoostedED9 was running 16psi without any probs (making 302whp), then decided to up it to 20+psi without re-tuning...it was very short lived

 

Is that it only one person @20psi!