does any aftermarket company make h23 rods that will work with jdm type pistons. searched already and i didnt find anything. THANKS

 

get your originals honed/bored to press fit the pin.... should be fine

 

Wow......I think youre out of luck short of Custom Rods......
Carrillo
Scat
Manley
Just naming names.......

Crower makes H23 rods but they won't work with OEM pistons.

Let us know what you find out though.......

 

You can have the Type S piston wrist pin bore honed to fit a true 22mm wrist pin like those used in aftermarket rods and pistons.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 117 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can have the Type S piston wrist pin bore honed to fit a true 22mm wrist pin like those used in aftermarket rods and pistons.</TD></TR></TABLE>

There you have it.....

 

Yep, that's what I did in this H22 that I was building, but I can no longer use since I'm in Honda Challenge. Anyone want to buy a pristine H22 freshly built (never started, or even had a head on the block)? Type S pistons, brand new crank (lightened), Crower Maxi-Lite rods, eliminated balance shafts, etc?

 

what year?

 

It came out of a 1999 5Gen base model, IIRC. It was partial payment for an engine swap I did when the guy spun his rod bearing (hence the new crank that was bought brand new from Honda!).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 117 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Yep, that's what I did in this H22 that I was building, but I can no longer use since I'm in Honda Challenge. Anyone want to buy a pristine H22 freshly built (never started, or even had a head on the block)? Type S pistons, brand new crank (lightened), Crower Maxi-Lite rods, eliminated balance shafts, etc? </TD></TR></TABLE>

All RR'ers cheat though.... j/k
At least all the Ex-RR'er auto-x'ers do.......

 

Well, if I can't get a decent amount for it as-is, I'm thinking of buying some OS OEM pistons, and if the clearance is within spec, I'll use the OEM H22 OS pistons with OEM rods. I'll sell the Crower rods and Type S pistons as a package.

The only problem would be the crank since it's lightened, but I don't plan to be a front runner for quite some time, so it won't be that big of a deal.

So maybe I should ask: Is there any interest in Crower Maxi-Lite rods with Type S pistons that have been modified to work with them? he rods also use lightweight wrist pins. Never been run, brand new, just installed in a current engine.

 

/for sale thread

n00b



I'll pay $500 shipped. pm me

 

just recently got my block back from a local machine shop, i had them install crower h beam rods on jdm type s pistons the piston sticks out of the block 90 thousanths would it be safe to run a 120 thousanth head gasket. sorry for bad spelling

 

0.090"?!! That's over 2mm. You need to clay the engine to see if you have enough clearance with a 0.120" headgasket. That's a seriously thick headgasket. It's over 4X thicker than stock.

 

what does it mean to clay your engine

 

It's a basic but very affective way of checking your clearances. There are loads of threads on here if you do a search.

What did your machine shop say about the problem?


Modified by hybrid2007 at 1:46 PM 9/10/2007

 

the machine shop told me to put the thick headgasket on, and it should be fine. But i wanted to get some other opinions.