i have a 95 gsr short block that im building and im looking for some sugg. on the pistons and rods. i'll be leaving the head alone (b16) since its already p&p, sksg2, sk s/r. i'll be boring (spl) out the block +.020 getting the crank lightened balanced and knife edged. but i'm lost on which pistons and rods to run. i know i want the cr at least 11.5:1 but not really more than 12:1. it's my daily driver so it'll be running on shitty 91 oct. i want the comp. to wake up my cams and am shooting for 200whp. can you guys give me any sugg. on what you would or do run? thanks

 

use GSR rods , ARP rod bolts


and get USDM ITR pistons or JDM ITR if you want a little more compression.

A+

 

thanks, it looks like if i use the jdm spec ones my cr would be about 11.84:1 which is around what i was looking for, but i'm looking to spin it to 9k when at the track. i'm sure it will handle it cuz my b16 does now. but just want to make sure stock rods and pistons (oem) can hold up. i dont want an extra hole in the block it already has enough

 

i would use some Wiesco 11.8:1 pistons with eagle rods

 

eagles are heavyer than stock rods. in a N/A application the rods are NOT the weak link. thats why you should use stock over eagles. you want a light rotating assembly.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by SkRiBLaH &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">eagles are heavyer than stock rods. in a N/A application the rods are NOT the weak link. thats why you should use stock over eagles. you want a light rotating assembly.</TD></TR></TABLE>

what is the weak link? i would like to build this with the least amount of weak areas!

 

i know i want a light rotating assembly but would you guys recomend forged or oem? i know forged is obviously better but is it ness.? also how light of a fly wheel should i use or should i stick with a stock one?

 

bump

 

the act prolite looks good to me..i also prefer road racing over drag racing so my views may be different than others

 

isn't that like 8.5lbs? wouldn't that take away from the enerta (spl)? although your focus is road racing so it would benefit in that aspect.

 

yeah im not sure bro..i would ask some of the pro's what they use or wait for more posts..sounds like your gonna have a fun motor,take care of it

 

thanks for the input. it's pretty much never ending once you get into the motor! literaly

 

I would stay with all OEM parts if your going NA especially for a daily driver. you could probably get away with running some P30 pistons that wouild give you some good compression!!

 

i'm starting to think i might go the oem route plus it'll save me alot of money