wats up H-T says that you should use ARP rod bolts with shotpeened rods so do other honda tuning web sites, but a tuning shop that deals with only mainly hondas near me and they said they build LS/V's all the time with bone stock bottom ends revvin at 8Grand makeing power, and my bro was the same way, stock bottom end making power a little past 8grand. Im building my LS/V right now and i cant decide to do stock bottom end or spend money on ARP rod bolts, machining the big end of the rods, and shotpeening the rods let me no what you guys think

 

Anyone??

 

Of course you can slap it together, rev it to 8k, and make power. How long that power is going to last before you spin a rod bearing is another issue altogether.

 

done it both ways
spend the hundee and get the rod bolts and have em machined to spec
dont worry aboot the shot peenin if its all motor
dependin on the cams 8200 will b your limit of power any way

 

Im plannin on goin all stock for now with a stock 94+ GSR Head you still think my rev limit will be 8200? by the way did you buy the 9mm bolts or the 8mm??

 

LS block wasn't mean to rev at 8k.

 

i hear that alot but ive seen stock bottom ends revving to 8k even 8500rpm N/A and Boosted for long periods of time literally years

 

and its not the block that werent meant to rev that high im pretty sure its the rods and rod bolts bro

 

you could always buy the z10 crank girdle it will keep your motor in steady condition will you rev high so that way you have no worries. I could be wrong but i belive they sell it as a kit and it comes with arp main bolts for the entire bottom end.

 

really?? never heard of it think you could try and find it for me i really wanna put a girdle on it but i dont no where to get one for this block

 

Yea almost any LSVTEC I see always is revving above 8k.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv_hxC7mvOU

That one is definitely above 8,200 RPM

 

you can read here this the actual person who designed it .
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=162919.
This is where you can purchase it and i belive they also sell there main studs as an entire kit with headbolts but I would call them on that one .
or you can call my local shop in N.J. they use the girdle all the time believe me they will point you in the right direction or you can just buy it directly from them or order it online from z10.

http://www.z10eng.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=21

 

Nice
go civic type r piston
youll get alot of power
and youll be happy how it will come out

 

I rev my lsv up to 9k and no higher, im not capable of anymore power past 8500rpms really IMO... but i do have a mildly built motor so I've been ok so far.