are you all sure this is ok do to. this is my plan. since my motor is messed after a summer of boosting, ill hone the stock sleeves and get new rods and low compression pistons. is there any point to getting aftermarket rods with stock sleeves? or should i just get new pistons and rings and keep stock rods? how much boost can i run safely with new 9:1 pistons and eagle h beam rods with the stock sleeves and head???

thanks

 

what kind of motor are you talking about? you can do it with stock sleeves as long as its not a h series motor

 

jdm b16a. how much boost are the stock sleeves good till?

 

ttt

 

people are now reliably making over 600 whp on factory sleeves. detonation kills sleeves. tune the crap out of it, and tune it conservatively.

 

so i could run like 18psi on stock sleeves with new pistons and rods with a large t3/t4? will i need to upgrade the head?

 

Do some research. No you don't need to upgrade the head. We don't know if you can run 18 psi, it depends how much power that turbo makes at 18 psi. I would trust stock sleeves to 500whp on a good tune though so, there you go.

 

wow, i never knew that. so ill just need low compression pistons and rods then i can make like 400whp with the stock head? why dont more people do this?

 

lots of people do.

honda heads flow amazingly from the factory. even sohc's.

 

i dont have replace anything in the head to make it stonger?

what kind of pistons and rods should i get?

do i need to pull the motor to replace these parts? i was reading that you can do it from the bottom with head off?

 

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what kind of pistons and rods should i get?

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I thought I posted about stock sleeves and built internals on one of your threads?

But anyways I'm pretty sure you'll have to pull the motor. IMO it would be easier on the person rebuilding the motor. For you head, you could stay with the stock valvetrain if you wanted to. Not really necessary to replace anything unless it's broken, out of spec of if you wanna go with something better.

I believe people have been doing stock sleeves and upgraded internals for a long time. It's probably just in the last few years that people started pushing the stock sleeves to new HP levels. Or maybe it's just that people started noticing it more. If you decide to keep the stock sleeves you should be fine. Just get yourself a set of pistons, rods and ARP headstuds.

 

that will cost like just over a grand them. any name brands i should be looking for. i think im going to attempt rebuilding it myself so i will pull the motor this winter

 

Here are some suggestions and these are just my personal preference. There are other brand names out there, but these are the ones I would choose.

PISTONS:
CP
Wiseco

RODS:
Eagle
Manley
Pauter
Full-Race.com Turbo Tuff rods

BEARINGS:
OEM
ACL

MISC:
ARP headstuds
new OEM headgasket, OEM water and OEM oil pump (might as well)

 

how much are oil and water pumps? how much are oem bearings?

 

http://www.acuraautomotivepart...y.jsp

or call you nearest Honda/Acura dealership

 

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That's what I did when I replaced my pistons/rods.