piston set

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93s13
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has anyone purchased the piston kit from zenmotorsports.com? or importperformanceparts.com? they have pretty good deals on them, just wondering if they are any good to use and what bore size i should get them at.

also, what are good site to buy other internal parts on? (ie. valves, valve springs, connecting rods...ect...)


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Im going to order mine from raceeng.com Ive heard good stuff from them. I looked at the atomic pistons from zenmotorsports and the 85.5 mm bore kinda scares me on ca. I would think the cylinder walls would be getting kinda thin.

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Also remember that when you bore a motor out, the compression is increased.

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HERE IS THE SET UP IM THINKING ABOUT, IF YOU GUYS SEE ANY PROBLEMS, LET ME KNOW BECAUSE NOTHING IS PURCHASED YET BESIDES THE MOTOR.

JUN STRENGTHENED VALVE GUIDESJUN TITANUIM VALVE RETAINERSJUN RACING VALVE SPRING SETTOMEI 1.5 MM HEAD GASKETTOMEI PISTONSTOMEI CONNECTING RODSJUN CAM SPROCKETSTOMEI CRANKSHAFTNISMO 555CC INJECTORSTRUST OIL COOLERAJUSA FULL GASKET SET

STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT THE TURBO, SOMETHING QUICK SPOOLING PROBABLY. THE BLOCK AND HEAD ARE GETTING PORT AND POLISHED. WHAT SHOULD I BORE THE BLOCK OUT TO? 84 OR 85 MM?

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93s13 wrote:HERE IS THE SET UP IM THINKING ABOUT, IF YOU GUYS SEE ANY PROBLEMS, LET ME KNOW BECAUSE NOTHING IS PURCHASED YET BESIDES THE MOTOR.

JUN STRENGTHENED VALVE GUIDESJUN TITANUIM VALVE RETAINERSJUN RACING VALVE SPRING SETTOMEI 1.5 MM HEAD GASKETTOMEI PISTONSTOMEI CONNECTING RODSJUN CAM SPROCKETSTOMEI CRANKSHAFTNISMO 555CC INJECTORSTRUST OIL COOLERAJUSA FULL GASKET SET

STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT THE TURBO, SOMETHING QUICK SPOOLING PROBABLY. THE BLOCK AND HEAD ARE GETTING PORT AND POLISHED. WHAT SHOULD I BORE THE BLOCK OUT TO? 84 OR 85 MM?
I see amajor problem, you should re-post this with the caps lock OFF

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First of all, if you just posted in all caps for no good reason, I'm going to pistol whip you and feed you to the rabbits.

Secondly, why are you boring it out?

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sorry for the caps, my computers at work are on them all the time so i dont ckeck as i type.

if i bored it out it will only be a millimeter or 2, depending on what size pistons and which ones i finally get. would that be a problem?


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