DirtyDA9

Lately ive noticed a lot of people recommending these pistons, ive never heard of them so I tried to find their website abd came up empty. Anyone have a link? I also noticed its nothing but d-series pistons, do they make a b-series piston?

Sorry for the stupid question.

grumblemarc

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Seriously. Search harder. Sorry for a stupid answer.

wantboost

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I don't even...

doctorake

I always wondered the same thing, I just assumed they are from a Suzuki vitara. Anyone know the history of them being used in Hondas though?

Spawne32

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hit the nail on the head, they are a suzuki light duty off road piston

Boricuanology

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They are meant to be used with the SOHC d-series engine, I believed the record with the vitara pistons on a sohc civic engine is 600+ hp.

Be aware of other type of piston claiming to be "THE ONES" being used as the vitara piston, the name of the company is YCP out of Taiwan. What makes them so special for a SOHC turbo application?

- YCP pistons are made from a much more strong cast (AC8a Grade)
- 19mm Floating Wrist pins. Will fit aftermarket D16 forged rods.
- T-6 Heat treated for even greater strength.
- Highly resistant to heat.
- Dual oil holes to provide better Wrist Pin Lubrication.
- Teflon coating to provide smoother running, increase piston life, improve cylinder sealing for less blow by and more power, reduce friction.
- Help prevent damage from inadequate lubrication, Especially during cold start-ups.

v8eatrr

My friend bought a vitara/fjt rod kit off eBay for 500 bucks that came with Acl race bearings and NPR rings
And he made 426whp on 26psi on e85
D16y7 block with a y8 head

rich7777

*facepalm*

Hehe, for the B series you can't go wrong with either NPR or RS machines if you're after a set of cast pistons. You'd get a hell of a lot of piston slap trying to run a set of vitaras in a b series lol.

cbustuner

I've heard guys reffer to pistons made by ycp and nippon as b-series vitaras.They must just be using it as a generic term since both companies make vitara pistons

https://honda-tech.com/forums/showth...2627756&page=2

That threads tittle is "putting the bseries vitaras to the test" and it was made in 09

DirtyDA9

Lol na im going forged, I was just interested in what these pistons were since I keep hearing about them.

DirtyDA9

I was looking for their website, obviously I didnt find one because vitara isnt a brand I guess.

DirtyDA9

Thanks for the input guys

Boricuanology

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http://www.ycpiston.com.tw/

sde780

P2p0.com is where you want to go to build a vitara d-series, he has custom length rods to bump the compression up somewhat

wantboost

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There isn't much maybe, vitara is not a brand, we call them that because original piston design was for a Suzuki vitara

DirtyDA9

Thanks

grumblemarc

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Oh snap. You were serious? Sorry.