This Sohc engine build of mine will be coming down to the absolute wire because Im probably being scammed out of a block so I wanna get everything I possibly can out of the way. SO my Vitara pistons came in yesterday from FJT and I want to assemble them onto the rods.

Now the rods I bought were lightly used Eagle H beam(?) rods and since they were used they were once assembled and still had the arrows visible on one side and I just coloured over them again for these pics, there was also a casting arrow on the pistons, I drew over those to enhance it for the pics are well.

I really dont know which way these are supposed to be assembled onto the rods and I dont even have my block here for some directional help so Im hoping you guys can help from my shitty pics (1mp camera lol)

Here they are all dressed and pressed:






Now when I had my SRP's, installing the sprial locks was straight forward cake, was hard as **** to put them in but it wasnt complicated to install, now the wrist pin locks that these came with are a little weird, is there a special tool to compress them with the to holes or something? I dunno, need a little info thrown here as well, heres a pic of the pistons from side with wrist pins removed and a even shittier pic of the lock lol



Thanks guys

BTW- Heres a little corner shelving unit I built on my day off (today) got it cut assembled and painted in like 4 hours, 4 large *** compartments on the bottom, a nice size bench with a 10" vice and 18 little cubbies on top


Eye spy a large IC, nitrous, 8 pistons, 4 rods, nitrous kit, completely built A6 head, MSD ignition, ecus and a partridge in a pear tree.

/lazy sat morning post

 

 

You need some snap-ring pliers for those snap rings. Could probably find the appropriate sized ones at Sears or Autozone.

 

gonna go check Sears right now

Bump for directional info

 

 

 

 

I know that the piston arrow is supposed to point toward the pulley/timing belt "front" end of the engine. And I'm pretty sure that the rod arrows should point toward the exhaust side of the engine (again the "front" of the engine, this time literally)

 

well I figured it out which ones were larger and going by what was said I put the tung grooves form the rods on the exhaust side of the pistons, with that though, if the casting arrow on the pitons pointed to the cam gear side, the connecting rod arrow will point to the firewall

 

Arrows on pistons toward timing belt. Rods can go either way as the are symetrical to each other ( i believe they should be ).

 

Some is telling me somethinga about the suzuki pistons being different somehow and I should void that csting arrow, I dunno, I try and get ahold of a few people and see whats up and get them to chime in on this thread

 

Whoops didnt take in that you are using suzuki vitara pistons. I dont really know an answer to that one, but did read something about it a while back.

 

olrighty, free bump

 

If you want solid info on engine stuff, pm Earl. He will give you the advice you need so you don't have to listen to ***** tell you how to build a motor.

NO OFFENSE TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE POSTED IN THIS THREAD...JUST GOING OFF OF WHAT HE HAS STATED!!!!