so i hydrolocked my ITR and after pulling the head, i managed to get the pistons free and was able to turn them partially.. very noticable piston heights were not symmetrical and so prolly the rods are bent.

so i'm going to take the block down tomorrow with the transmission and then tear the block apart and rebuild it.

was thinking of just retaining my stock JDM B18C ITR head and the block will consist of Type R Rods and CTR pistons which will probably yield a 13:1 compression maybe?

would there be any problems with clearance?

Do you think this would be a good setup?

 

no... to the last question

 

+1

 

so going back to p73-00 rebuild is better?

 

Shoot for 11.5:1 CR and find a good tuner. It will make power.

 

What's the point of 13:1 CR if your gonna run a stock head?

 

make sure you get the block bored. most of the time a hydrolocked block will get egg-shaped bores.

 

exactly run some nice aftermarket cams. should make well over 200