Hi I was woundering about the oil squirters. First off I have a 95 b18c5 I'm building and it has
jdm itr pistons
b18a knifed edged crank
stock shot pined ls rods with arp rod bolt
and I was woundering would it be better to bend the oil squirters to clear the pistons or plug them off I use the car as a daily and hit the strip once in awhile and plane on doing more road courses. So what do you all think. Thanx

 

you have several post so are you running a c5 or c1?

and for the oil squirters I had to block mine off because even if I tried to bend them they still hit the counter weights of my crankshaft. But I’m running forged Carrillo pistons so I don’t need the extra cooling of the oil on the pistons.

 

I have done it both ways with my engines. Naturally aspired, B18C-R based one (forged pistons etc.) I removed them and blocked ports. With sleeved B16 I decide to keep'd them because of higher thermal load in future, just a bended little bit that they got enought cleareance to pistons.

 

Weird. Even when I bent my squirters I still had the counterweight of the crank hit two of the screw heads of the oil squirters. Hit and miss I guess, some get lucky and some don’t 😆

 

^Yeah it is tight, but doable . Just couple millimeters to the center.

Before, tip touch right to piston.




Upper, unbended squirter. Lower, bended.




Clearances, just enought.