wats up guys? my friend blew his head gasket on his jdm itr motor. he's on the process of rebuilding and being a good friend of mine, he's giving me his jdm itr pistons because he wants higher compression. my question is... should i take his pistons and use them or should i just go ahead and buy a set of new ones? because i don't know if his pistons are warped or damaged in any sort of way. given i'm replacing the pistons rings. this will be going in a b18c1. thanks in advance!

 

bump

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by OH_SNAP10k_SHIFT! &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wats up guys? my friend blew his head gasket on his jdm itr motor. he's on the process of rebuilding and being a good friend of mine, he's giving me his jdm itr pistons because he wants higher compression. my question is... should i take his pistons and use them or should i just go ahead and buy a set of new ones? because i don't know if his pistons are warped or damaged in any sort of way. given i'm replacing the pistons rings. this will be going in a b18c1. thanks in advance!</TD></TR></TABLE>

I highly doubt the pistons are warped. Inspect them for scoring or other damage and make a judgement based off that. I would for sure get new rings as you have already stated.

 

Depends on 2 things:

1. Condition of Pistons
2. Condition/size of your cylinders.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by spoonek9 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Depends on 2 things:

1. Condition of Pistons
2. Condition/size of your cylinders.</TD></TR></TABLE>




althought the pistons are in good condition, you can't use them if your cylinder walls are out of limit.

 

take them they will raise your compressin to about 11.5: 1 good cheap way to raise the compression of a b18c1

 

thank you all. very informative. my friend has taken the head off but not the pistons out yet. i will definitely check them for any damages.

 

I personally wouldn't use used pistons. JHP has some brand new JDM ITR pistons for $199

 

Buy new ones.

Remember ITR pistons come with a moly coating to reduce friction. Used pistons will sure be worse off in that area.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LsVtec92Hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Buy new ones.

Remember ITR pistons come with a moly coating to reduce friction. Used pistons will sure be worse off in that area.</TD></TR></TABLE>

true but if they are free you can have Swain recoat them and still have plenty of change for new rings and ARP rod bolts....then you should be set.

 

Touche.

I still dont like used pistons.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LsVtec92Hatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Touche.

I still dont like used pistons.

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Me neither, I bought my P73's new from JHP. lol.

I've re-ringed them for customers plenty of times, I know it's fine. It's all in my head and I can't get past it that I want new ones for my own stuff. Go figure.

 

bump. anybody else? thanks!