might do .20 over

[BrandonW]

this is going to be my dd but while the engine is pulled instead of doing just a complete stock rebuild (it will for the most part) i think i might as well do .20 over for the pistons

my power goal is 300hp to the wheels (which i know can be had without doing .20 over) but i want to leave room for improvement down the road which i think the highest i'll go is 350hp to the wheels (with supporting mods of course)

so what im getting at is what pistions / rings / berings would you guys recommend?

anything i should be aware of when doing so?

think it will be worth it?

 

[empera]

boring over it should be done if ur walls are f---ed. Also remember its .020 over not .20, that'd be too much

oh and any well known piston should take care of ur power goals, you could even do a stock build....or possibly probes even tho im still iffy on those.

 

[BrandonW]

oops well you know what i mean .020

i'll check some vendors and such for pistions but im not going to order anything till the block is pulled

 

[BrandonW]

oh if you don't mind me asking why iffy on the probe pistons?

 

[empera]

only because not a lot of people have experience with them, they havent been put to a real test, even though i wouldnt mind using them on a mild build like yours. They seem to be pretty good quality but i'm no expert.

 

[BrandonW]

oh ok well im still undecided of i want to redo the bottom end since i don't burn any oil somehow (what i put in comes out when i change the oil since i pour the old oil in the new oil's container) but it can't hurt and will better for long term

i want to do a compression test although i don't know how good that will come out since my hg is leaking, no milkshake yet just burning antifreeze and smoke on a hot start up

i'll decide sometime soon, either way that head is coming off and a bunch of other stuff

 

[Clip]

mine was bored .020 over to get rid of some rust pitting, and my machinist got me clevite 77 bearings (crank was ground .010 under too), topline pistons and i think topline rings. might have been npr rings though. it's NA though, i'd probably try the probe pistons if i had gone gte.

 

[grimreaper]

stock pistons will work just fine for your power goals. Im on the stock bottom end with my set up and right now its dd with no issues or failures

 

[CyFi6]

NPR pistons are a good choice and very affordable. A lot of people have used them, and they are supposedly just as good as OEM.

 

[jdub]

 

[IJ.]

Had great results from the above combination
(sub in JE's though)

 

[BrandonW]

nice

i do believe these should be ok for my build since im only going for 300-350hp
http://store.driftmotion.com/static/i-npr7m-gtepistonset.php

i think i would like to just pull that bottom end just because im at 216,xxx miles and i want to see what everything looks like after all this time