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Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:57 pm
by saxophonias
At this topic we are going to present the possible options available.

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:50 am
by hondaNickx
Crower sells D13 rods and they are the same rods the D14 uses ;)

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 3:23 am
by saxophonias
Are they of good quality or like their cams that tend to crack :roll: :roll:
Good info however, especially for the turbo guys

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:22 am
by SquirtAndSpark
hondaNickx wrote:Crower sells D13 rods and they are the same rods the D14 uses ;)
i can't find this...

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 10:52 am
by saxophonias
Are we talking about these?
http://crower.com/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?prod_id=B93742B-4
http://crower.com/cgi-bin/detail.cgi?prod_id=ML93742B-4

they are for 1.3cc honda engines but not d13 as far as i can tell.
You can always customise rods but i'll be more expensive.

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:05 pm
by Dodo Bizar
Yeah that should be the one.

http://crower.com/pdf/2008b/188-189.pdf

For more specs.

Thing I doubt now is P.E. and B.E. thickness numbers.
B.E. I believe will be okay.

But P.E. thickness is different from D16 rods (see same chart). Difference is just 0.710 versus 0.716 inch but still I doubt is this bad? Since I am looking for D16 pistons... is this play important... or is it even disastrous? Does it fit snuggly or is it a loose fit? Diff is 0.15 mm.

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:50 pm
by hondaNickx
Dodo Bizar wrote:Yeah that should be the one.

http://crower.com/pdf/2008b/188-189.pdf

For more specs.

Thing I doubt now is P.E. and B.E. thickness numbers.
B.E. I believe will be okay.

But P.E. thickness is different from D16 rods (see same chart). Difference is just 0.710 versus 0.716 inch but still I doubt is this bad? Since I am looking for D16 pistons... is this play important... or is it even disastrous? Does it fit snuggly or is it a loose fit? Diff is 0.15 mm.

You're right Joris i didn't even noticed that they have a little difference.If you would use D16 pistons your piston pin has less play .You could always get 0.075mm from both size of the piston off.You'll need to check how much play aftermarket d16 pistons have or oem pistons.I think Arias pistons for a d16y8 would be great ,except that they have a Compression height of 29.3 and sit 0.2mm below deck.
Crower makes absolute great rods the crower Maxi Lights are very light and strong and would be perfect for a build D14 N/A engine.

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:24 am
by demolik
I might be wrong but as I know Suzuki Vitara pistons give good results in d16
f.ex.
http://www.civicland.com/forum/forced-i ... stons.html

You can find some porject with this setup on youtube, most of them are turbo

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 2:05 pm
by Raimundo
Demolik, that is because Suzuki Vitara pistons, being 75mm wide are compatible with D Series STD engines, but they lower CR values to just slightly higher than 8:1.

Re: Aftermarket Rod and Pistons.

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:26 pm
by saxophonias
I think they have them as a cheap and strong alternative for turbo set ups right?