I was looking if there were a set of new P30 pistons on ebay and came across this set. What do you guys think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/P30-B...Q5fAccessories

 

Junk IMO.

 

I mean, they use ACL bearings which is what alot of people use in their rebuilds some making well over 500hp

 

Did you end up ordering this? I would be interested in finding something similiar/reputable.

 

No i didn't but here is a PM i got from a fellow member on HT regarding them.

"I've used that rebuild kit on several motors and they are all running good. Haven't had any problems with them yet."

 

Was there a reason in particular that you didnt? Did the person that pm'ed you mention why they didnt post up for public knowledge? Either didnt want to get flamed or perhaps didnt want potential customers to know he bought their parts on ebay? Just seems slightly odd is all.

 

Well I always thought the CTR pistons were a good piston to use in a B18C until I started seeing threads stating that the P30 pistons our of the B16a were a better choice for the 1.8L motors, so I just wanted to get an idea in price and saw some on ebay.

Person didnt mention why he didn't want to post in public.

 

i would trust the pistons, and the NPR rings. from personal experience i had good results from the pistons and rings. as for the gaskets, id go with oem. These aftermarket gaskets tend to have leak issues.

 

I suppose you might as well buy some used p30's fresh rings and just get the gaskets from honda then. Looks like the route i'll be going.

 

I was thinking the same thing about the gaskets. Maybe throwing them on my daily since that has leaks for the mean time and see how they hold up.

 

gaskets are what i wouldn't buy. the rings and pistons are fine. tons and tons of builds get done with npr stuff. cast pistons aren't hard nor expensive to make. i do agree about oem for the gaskets so my vote is to save your money, spend 120 ish on the piston and ring kit then go oem for gaskets.

as for bearings. acl is fine if you do the machine work to set the clearances correct.

 

i bought a set off ebay with rods and acl bearings i believe the brand was YCP however since i never ended up using them idk if they are any good, just know ebay sells cheap **** and u get what u pay for thats my experience with EVERYTHING ELSE on ebay

 

Speakin from hands on 1on1 experience with a "EBAY GASKET SET" I have had sucess, most ppl bash on products they have never used, my headgasket is holding up fine, i ordered my rebuild kit back in November of 2009 and it march 2010, No smoke what so ever! http://www.mizumoauto.com they sell on ebay if you need pics of my install of the gaskets and bearings i will gladly share my ebay experience..

 

ebay gasket set for my gsr


it cam with cam seals headgasket oil pan gasket valve seals etc etc


ACL's i ran they are standard oem green bearings size wwhich is a 0.01 think clearance..


these are my bloody knuckles dissembling my gsr th same red one in the other pics!!! same little black hands holding the bearings out...


this is after i installed all the bearings and cleaned the surface for the headgasket i have more pics i will pm you man!!! dont go off of opinions because they will still you right or wrong go with your own instincts my motor has 8,436 miles on it and still strong...

 

the close ups of those gaskets look really good. that's not at all bad for aftermarket.

i have no idea where the "ebay brand" was born here on HT. ebay is just a marketplace with great stuff as well as junk

 

Put up the rest of your pics!

 

thats the 'EBay' headgasket next to the head, i dont have many more pics, i tried making a log or a build thingy but i had to hurry up considering that was my daily driver and needed it the enext day, after I finished it my buddy put the cam caps on backward and the car kept jumping time, there were to many ppl working on this at 1 time (3 ppl to b exact)had to take the cam caps back off and do it right once everybody left it was aboouot 3 in the morning when i got done i was super tired and when i crunk it up the next day it idle to like 4k rpm, i was thinking dang i got a intake manifold or gasket leak so i figured that kit i bought was junk, so i weent through 4 intake manifold gaskets and to find out i forgot to put coolant back in the car and bleed it... i was so dissapointed i couldnt drive the car the next day because of the idleling problem and was gonna blame ebay becuase of my coolant issue but it was my fault... if you have anymore question you can pm me or feeel freee to ask here

 

@idrivesideways it was not aftermarket it was a oem replacement but cheaper. i got all the gaskets for $63.00 and the rod bearngs for $24.00, its not how junky a part is it how junky yoouo install to make it junk... but the quote yoou get what you pay for is not always true... well atlast to that kit it wasnt..

 

I used to believe that quote too but think kit changed my mind on that.

 

Im going to buy from that same company now that I know that they have good gaskets. But Im not going to use the head gasket. Only the small seals and such.

 

When it comes to reliability don't cheap out. I looked into getting some of these
http://www.inlinefour.com/il4peprhcpi.html
http://www.inlinefour.com/il4peprpi.html
But I ended up getting some JDM ITR pistons .25 over

 

man how did you manage to get the head off without taking off the intake mani? last time I did I thought it was impossible so my mani came out with my head

 

if it doesn't come in a honda wrapper it's aftermarket. this isn't bad, just what it is.

 

True. no arguement there.. to the guy askin how i pulled the head off the head without the mani.. I used a open nd wrench bro.. and it came slap off... BTW guys this kit is still holding up on my boosted gsr...

 

High compression turbo? How much boost are you running? I wouldn't be pushing it too hard with cast pistons and high compression...