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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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I have a 1994 acura integra ls stock. I looking to purchase pistons and rods for it. What is a good brand that you recommend? New to the the Honda scene.

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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 01:38 PM
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My question is why jump right to pistons and rods? If it's stock, why do you plan on tearing apart the engine to do rods/pistons as your first mod? Rods don't give you hp, just allow it to handle more power, so if you have nothing else done to the car, then why?

We need to know your setup, or plans to base our suggestion off of.
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 01:42 PM
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I'm planing on putting a turbo in it and wanted to start buying internal parts for it. I have 267k miles on my car.

Maintenace work I've done is
oem water pump
timing belt and tensioner
all 3 belts
spark plugs
valve gasket
cam seals
oem clutch replaced

What do you suggest? sorry newbie...
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 02:26 PM
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Get some lower comp. ratio pistons around 10:1 or a tad lower. To save money just get the stock rods shotpeened at a machine shop and throw on some arp rod bolts.
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 02:53 PM
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The first thing you need to do is a little research in the Forced Induction forum. Don't get too ahead of yourself...
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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^^ +1
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DirtyDA9
Get some lower comp. ratio pistons around 10:1 or a tad lower. To save money just get the stock rods shotpeened at a machine shop and throw on some arp rod bolts.
ok I'll think about that setup

Originally Posted by Schister66
The first thing you need to do is a little research in the Forced Induction forum. Don't get too ahead of yourself...
yes I have a plan on doing more. Just wanted to hear everyones opinion first. Real experience is alway to best IMO. Plus it'll help me with a starting point
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