How much have you guys paid to have your cylinder honed (with the block still in the car) I am thinking about oversized CTR pistons in my 95GSR. I've got a 100K on the engine right now and don't think just throwing in regular spec CTR would be as beneficial. Thanks in advance.

 

I think you should pull the motor out of the car and not half-a$$ this. If you put in standard bore you will probably consume oil. Go with the first oversize and bore your block to accomodate. I don't see how you would accomplish this without taking the motor out of the car anyway. As for price, Im not quite certain.

 

If you are thing about putting different pistons in the car, you should first have the cylinders checks to see if they are within specification or out of specification. If they are within specification, then there is no need to go to an oversized piston. Then you can simply have the cylinder walls honed (in the car if you wanted to) so the new piston rings will "seat in" properly. But if your cylinders are out of specification, then you will need to pull the block from the car and take it to a machine shop and have them bore the cylinders for the oversized pistons.

 

I got mine honed with the block still in the car. I used standard bore CTR pistons.

here are some pics





[Modified by canuck-mx6, 3:16 PM 2/27/2002]


[Modified by canuck-mx6, 3:17 PM 2/27/2002]

 

that's damn pretty... holy crap...

 

Thanks for the great advice. When the time comes, I'll have the cylinders checked. If ok, then I'll have them honed for a nice clean surface for regular bore CTR pistons. Nice pics btw.