Ordered My Forged Pistons And Headgasket

[pulsar gtr]

HI,

I have ordered my forged pistons (aries) and my metal headgasket yesterday from Australia

I should have them in about a week time since they are shipping them by air.

I will get some pics when I get them.

PULSAR GTR

[r34 gtr]

nice. aries or arias? ive got an arias forged piston in my honda xr100r dirtbike! haha. they rule. sounds like the car will be pretty vicious with those things in there. good luck with the car.

-tim

[pulsar gtr]

I believe they are arias, not sure about the spelling of it, I called Glen Campbell in Australia (The MASTER FOR NISSAN TUNING), and I told him that I need stock spec. forged pistons for a ca18det, and He said that he has them and they are made by arias. SO I ordered them with the a metal headgasket which is made by tomi.

Looking forward to see them. I am already running 13.4sec 1/4 with my pulsar fwd. So with these pistons, I should be able to crank the boost a little more.

I have already installed a t28 high flow, 550cc injectors and jwt ecu. ca16de cams but with these cams I didn't notice any hp increase.

PULSAR GTR

[r34 gtr]

yeah,ive got the ga16 cams and didnt notice anything either, the hp gains is a myth i think. how much did that head gasket cost you? i need to order one and i am kinda short on money, haha. id love to be running 13.4sec in the quarter, but money shortages keep me from doing so, as im too lazy to work. oh, and i feel really dumb asking this, but what's glen's website? i probably already know it but i cant make the connection. hope the pistons are nice, youll have to come tell us all what theyre like. same with the head gasket, as i need one soon.

-tim

[pulsar gtr]

Here is the website,http://www.c-red.com.au/index.shtml

when you email them, ask for Glen Campbell, this guy knows ca18det more than any one on earth including nissan themselves

I live in Canada and I tried to email him few times but he never got the emails, so I called him yesterday (called Australia) and talked with him for a while, and I ordered them, headgasket cost me 450 AUS dollars.Regarding money, I am running pretty tight on money as well, I lost my job few weeks back, thanks to stupid high tech. after 8 years in high tech, I got laid off.So if any one know of a company that is looking for an Electronics Technologist, please let me know lol

I want to buy the pistons and the gasket before I run out completely and then I can't aford to change them, and end up selling it for dirt cheap and I don't want to do that.

PULSAR GTR

[sprfst240]

how much did you pay for the arias pistons?

[pulsar gtr]

They cost me around 1100 Aus. I haven't get billed for them yet, but I when I do, I will give you the exact price.

PULSAR GTR

[boost_boy]

Why did you decide to upgrade your internals? Are you after more reliable power or did you break something? Arias pistins and a metal gasket should serve you well, though I would get the rods treated as well.

[pulsar gtr]

Hi,

NO,I didn't break any thing, but I got a high flow t28, and I still have my stock factory headgasket on, I am running around 16psi, I believe it is just a matter of time before I blow up the headgasket, also I don't believe that my rings are in there tip top shape since they are leaking some pressure and oil is shooting through the valve cover nozzle. So I though, If I am going to replace the headgasket, I might do some internal works at the same time.So I am getting the pistons 20 tho oversize, so I can bore the block, I am looking for a high pressure oil pump if any one knows where I can get it, please let me know.

I am not planning to replace the connecting rods, since I will be acceeding my budget, So, headgasket, pistons, connecting rod bearings, seals, and oil pump if i find one. But some one was mentioning before on another post that you can send the connecting rods to a machine shop and they will shoot metal balls at them (not sure the exact name) and that should make them stronger, so I might do that.

PULSAR GTR

[vwluv10338]

The shooting little balls I believe is shotpeening (sp?). I am not sure about the ca18 but since the sr20det rods are forged and shotpeened from the factory I would think that the ca18's are as well. If they are then another round of shotpeening will weaken them I think.

Eric

[pulsar gtr]

I hope you are right, so less work and less money to spend on them getting shotpeening.

Thanks,

PULSAR GTR