As the topic states, should i use block guard or not? Im getting rebuild for my car with forge piston and rods, the shop is going to throw in STR block guard as well, but i heard many bad things about block guard, i have no money for sleeve and i just want to have 300whp the most out of a b16 with t3/t4b turbo. Should i put it in or not?

 

its free? hell i don't think it will hurt you at that. shame to hear u can't sleeve it, i guess ur in a time crunch and can't wait and save for the sleeves? in any event, i say trow it in if its free, it not gunna make things worse.

 

search...been discussed way too many times!

 

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Actually if you do a search you will find that improper installation of a blockgaurd can cause the cylinders to go out of round, turning them "egg" shaped. Personally I feel a blockgaurd is just a crutch to stand on because of lack of tuning. I would not bother and sell the blockgaurd to pay for even more tuning time.

 

I'll probably end up buying one.