hi everyone i am new here

i have got a 96 - 00 civic vti ( singapore domestic market) ,totally stock complete with d15z7 3 stage vtec motor.

i am in the process of rebuilding the engine, ive orded an acl bearing kit and dne all the other prep work, now i need rings.The oem's are quite pricey,but ive stumbeld across a brand called NPR which is very affordable,seriously how good are these rings ? , if theyre crap id rather get oems

secondly will the ring set specified for the 92 - 95 cars work on my car as both have a 1.5 liter capacity with same bore

 

I have been using nippon rings(NPR) for the past few motors i have built/rebuilt. No problems yet. I really doubt that these rings would last 200k like oem's would but for me, thats not an issue. You really cant beat them for the price

 

correct me if im wrong but i believe that nippon makes a **** ton of oem honda parts, so quality could very well be equilivent!

 

decent rings - are they going to last or hold like OEM? probably not. safe to use though.

 

If You Google Nippon, I believe they have a Nippon manufacturing and a Nippon racing company. I'm sure they are one company, just with 2 divisions

 

i'm almost positive that they're the same thing! just not in the honda box!

 

i thought hard about it and decided ill go with the oem riken's , just for peace of mind when im sitting at 7500rpm

 

i c said the blind man

 

I have plenty "piece of mind" at 9200 Rpms. There are no "high RPM Rings"