somone had mentioned to me about useing civic gx pistons in my d16z6 sohc vtec i want to run an n/a with high compression and i have no idea of the benifits of useing civic gx pistons how could i even get them i have a connection in japan that i could use if need be ( exchange student stayed at my house last year) here is the setup i am currently running https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=357874 its further down in the page..... thanks alot guys!

 

ive got a d16z6 too, and heard that good pistons were the zc ones

 

i think the compression is like 12.5 to one or something close to that.

 

just use the D16A1 pistons easy to get and perfect for the SOHC VTEC

 

a1 is the 88-89 teg right??..

 

GX?? what the hell is that???

D16a1 are the pistons you want. and i beleive they are 87 and earlier tegs

 

no you do not want the 87 and earlier pistons, YOU WANT THE 88-89 d16a1 pistons. They will yield approx 12:1 compression in a d16z6.

 

that was me who mentioned th GX pistons. They are like 25/ea from hondautomotivepartsonline.com Out of 98 natural gas GX civic. Forged as well, so you can shoot on them if you like. I was told by a tech that they will drop right in a d16z6/ or the d16y8

 

What kind of CR do these yield in a Z6?

Chris, who just started having happy thoughts about a screaming SOHC

 

what is a GX?

 

thanks how many ponies will the a1 pistons and shot peened ls rods handle i wana make shure the bottom end can hold 200+ hp
is deff so i will deff get them thanks!

 

Bump.
I'm interested too. Anybody know?

 

thnx for correcting me i wasnt sure..now i am!!

 

12.1 I believe, ask Spade, he wrote the book on this.

 

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guys, you need to find http://www.dseries.org and look around.

SOHC forever!

 

GX was a limited number of natural gas powered Civic's, I belive certain Texas counties use them as city/municipal cars.

88-89 D16A1 pistons yield 12.5:1 CR in a D16Y8, and from what I gather, GX pistons yeild nearly the same but are forged as opposed to the normal cast units.

 

n'y idea where i can get gx pistons?

 

a1 pistons match the valve cut out location of a 88-91 non vtec head.

the GX piston should* match the cut outs (even tho they are freakin small) of a 92-95 vtec head, or the 96-00 heads(dont the 96+ all have the same valve spacing?)

 

How do you figure you can get 12.5:1 compression on integra pistons? WTF?
As for the GX, I don't know.
12.5:1 is too high of compression for even 93 gas. Try something a little lower. 11.5:1 would be fine as long as you run 93+ all the time. The integra rods can hold 220whp. So you will be fine using those. If you want High comp pistons, go JE. I really doubt the teg pistons will bring your compression up so high, even so, It's too high for pump gas.


[Modified by C ronic, 6:47 PM 12/19/2002]

 

you can use zc pistons

im minisicrx he knows what to do =sohc *****

 

has anyone ever used the civic gx pistons and y8 head gasket in a d16z6??
wow i might be a pioneer! ha prob not but oh well

 

ttt??

 

bump!??

 

you've bunped yourself right out of a answer.