considering new aftermarket pistons same bore as stock, is it always necessary to re-bore the cylinders or just give those walls a good honing?

 

honing
if the wall is damaged, boring.

 

i had broken ring lands in cylinder #4, so the wall is a bit scratched. not deep enough to catch a fingernail, though....

 

completly off topic! Downpipe, is your GSR fast than your WRX? Which is a funner car?

 

i broke rings and damaged pistons in cyl. 1 and 2, used stock bore pistons and a slight hone, the walls were slightly scratched.

 

well...i bought the wrx when my teg got wounded... i wanted an all around daily driver with decent power, good bad weather traction, good handling and the ability to haul crap. i love the car. it handles great. the brakes are so/so...and it's got nice torque but lacks a bit of top end. they run low 14's in stock trim...reason being traction. when you launch that thing (which i only did once, it being fairly new) it just snaps your neck and pulls. the problem with the teg was traction...otherwise, i think, especially from a rolling start, the integra was and will be a faster car.

but i do miss my integra, and i am really looking foward to it being on the road again with a standalone, bigger injecotrs, and beefier pistons and rods. i've had the car for a while and things aren't the same without it.

what can i say? they are different cars, and i love both of them. but i highly reccommend the wrx - as an all-around car...it kicks ***. and if you want to do a few mods...intake, exhaust, and boost controller will get you fairly easily into the mid 13's...cobb has a kit for about 4800 that will get you into the high 12's....
zoom zoom.
let me know if you have any other questions!
happy driving

greg

 

And to think that Cobbs is in the middle of no where...

art

 

hmmmmm...looks like living in texas DOES have some benefits after all......