Are SRP-Pistons a good or a bad choise for b16a-Turbo?
If bad - why? Or what better choise?
Goal is roundabout 500hp as daily driver on german road conditions.
We decided for a 8.2 cr. Pleas do not dicuss about our CR-decision.
Thanks
Kevin

 

SRP pistons are JE's shelf-stock Sport Compact line...

And everybody knows JE's are BADASS. ;-) (Actually, They're just my fav... And I'm rockin' 'em in the teg as we speak) hehe.

SRP == and EASILY handling 500hp.

Ratliff

 

heard the quality of those things weren't that great.

 

Yea... They're not that good quality a piston... I mean, it's not like Sterlin Marlin, Jimmy Spencer, Michael Waltrip, and Joe Nemechek, Kenny Bernstein, Larry Dixon, and Doug Herbert use them or anything... Nor were they in the world's fastest land speed bike...

*sigh*

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aut0tek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yea... They're not that good quality a piston... I mean, it's not like Sterlin Marlin, Jimmy Spencer, Michael Waltrip, and Joe Nemechek, Kenny Bernstein, Larry Dixon, and Doug Herbert use them or anything... Nor were they in the world's fastest land speed bike...

*sigh*</TD></TR></TABLE>I think he was refering to the SRP line. I havent heard good things about them either, as far as JE's I've only heard good things about them.

 

That sounds as if I made a wrong decision. I allready bought a set of that pistons.
Why are they not good?
What is a better choise for roundabout 8.2cr?

 

we used a few SRP pistons in a few turbo builds at the shop i help out at. they're do n good so far!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HONDABROMANDUDE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I think he was refering to the SRP line.</TD></TR></TABLE>

He is... And once again... SRP pistons are simply JE pistons that are already made, sitting on a shelf. JE pistons are custom-made to your specs... But they don't get enough business that way so they come up with what they think the average customer is shooting for... stick it on a shelf, and call it SRP.

THEREFORE... The SRP pistons are of the same quality as JE pistons, provided the customer's spec on the JE piston is the same material; i.e. gasoline engine, &lt;15000:1 compression, etc. etc.

 

They make shelf stock JE pistons, so it apparent that you don't know what you're talking about.

 

Of course I don't know what I'm talking about... I just made it all up... I wouldn't know an SRP piston from a pepsi can.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by aut0tek &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Of course I don't know what I'm talking about... I just made it all up... I wouldn't know an SRP piston from a pepsi can.
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**** your telling me there is a difference?? We just started a build with eagle long rods and 89 mm crank had the sleeves bored to 12 oz. mountain dew cans estimated compression was 17.0:1!

what to do now???

 

tolerances on srp line of pistons is not as good as their regular JE line

 

something about the silicon they use is different from the regular je's and srp's? or the quality.. do a search i read up on it before

 

I have personally seen 6 sets of srp's melt, boosted and NA...All Professionally tunned.
I have one of the melted sets at home from a stock cr b16 with 17 degrees timming. poor kid had like 2000 miles on the motor.

 

Damn. That sounds bad.
But what pistons are better or the best for 450-500hp turbo setups?
PLease help me! I have to order them up the end of this week.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondaapi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Damn. That sounds bad.
But what pistons are better or the best for 450-500hp turbo setups?
PLease help me! I have to order them up the end of this week.</TD></TR></TABLE>
ask the forced induction folks.

they have personal experience.

edit: i would say cp or arias.

 

seen good results from a few different custom wiseco pistons in the 4-500 hp range.

 

So could anyone compare SRP pistons to stock for me i have little experiance thank you.

 

i;d go with cp pistons..i hear they are badass

 

We like CP for high HP turbo. We have done several custom piston for 500+whp motors. Shelf stock low comp CP pistons also have worked well.

 

Sounds to me like this is posted under the wrong forum....hence the "All Motor" section...