Tried searching but couldnt find what im looking for.

Just trying to find how much WHP the Vitara pistons will hold, as well where do the d16 sleeves start to fail?


Looking to do a mid 400's whp SOHC build, needing to know if i should sleeve it and go w/ forged pistons?

 

pistons have been pushed to 600whp so you wont have a problem.. as for sleeves. with a good tune mid 400 will be ok. but IMO thats pushing it. For D series 400+ could use sleeves. Unless you're going to be running race gas. then 400 on stock sleeves is easy.

 

if you stay under 450whp, it will be ok. with a good tune and some kind of care while driving.

 

yea care while driving, only drive hard when at the track, its not going in my daily anyways...

im a COMPLETE NEWB on SOHC, what motor should i look at building Z6 ?? Y8??

 

just build a B, it has two cams, which means they are twice as good... right?

 

look to build a Z6. better overall motor than the y8

 

 

i go for D

 

no you dont understand, d's are crap. no one should build them. F B H K


heh, damn you bisimoto... damn you....

 

ha, not trying to cheap out but D Series parts are way cheaper!

 

You can build a b for same price as you build a d. its called n LS motor and it will overpower a d easily. You can even cheap out and do rods with some of those nifty nipon lw compression pistons. people are pushing those pistons past 400whp with success. Basically same thing as the vitara idea. cast piston with lower compression and bigger ringlands

 

Hey bud im making over 400hp on my d-series and the last time i checked a 400hp civic was very respectable.

 

Yeah the D's are starting to come up in the world. I've been seeing more and more higher powered ones.

 

Buddy of mine had a rod and piston ls, jg edelbrok intake, turbonetics 60trim with a stage 3 exhaust wheel and only made 260whp @16psi. My little d-series makes 331whp @15. Granted ive got more done than rods and pistons but im still missing a cam.

 

well then he was doing something wrong. because my friend made 264 on 10psi. bone stock motor with ebay turbo. !!!

 

yeah he definatly did something wrong and not to mention the jg intake manifold is nonsense for a LS engine unless going for hu8g power a blox is where its at for those engines. I personally make 300whp on 15 psi with an ebay turbo on an ls engine

 

you just dont get it, do you....




****ing bandwagons.

 

^They never do

 

Danz i dont think the dude looked at your sig lol. But you will be fine with the stock sleeves just make sure the tune is solid. Im gonna push it on stock sleeves this season gonna try my hardest for over 5 not to worried about the sleeves to be honest now bearings.......

 

whats your setup?