Best piston choice for build
 

I am building a 1g motor with new rods and pistons. I was wondering what everyone prefers over the other for rod and piston choice. What else do I need becides rods, pistons, main and rod bearings, balance shaft eliminate kit, belts, and full gasket kit.

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Daily driver, pure track car, weekend warrior? What kind of power do you ultimately want to go for? Nitrous?

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I'd assume Wiseco pistons and Eagle rods would be enough if you were building a motor. Maybe you should get AWD first lol. :p

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i doubt you'll overpower a stock 6bolt (correctly tuned)

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1G big rods, and 2g pistons. people have run 10's with this combo plus its cheaper then buying forged pistons. Stock 1g compression is garbage, its 7.8:1, so go to 8.5:1 or something around that good for pump gas and makes more power.

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F-That, FWD 4 Life Yo!


You should be fine with Wiseco/Eagle set-up

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Not worth the machine costs if done correctly.


Just go weisco on eagle, its proven time and time again, and very cost effective.

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Ok so i found the wiseco piston and eagle rod setup as a combo for like 750 shipped. Is this a good deal? Should I get the 20 over or will stock be fine? thanks for all the help. It will be a half way daily driver/weekend car. I am getting my tranny done by team rip engineering and I am doing the performance setup with a taller 5th gear and the cheaper limited slip. I found that the pistons have seen 900 HP and the rods eagle sais will hold 800HP so i dont know what I will end up with for power in the end but will hvae around 450 with my supporting mods right now. also what do 550s hold up to for power with a afpr, and 255.

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Who's the price through? There are some vendors out there who are always overpriced, plain and simple.

Have you spoken to TRE? If so, what kind of turn-around time have they given you? Like I've mentioned somewhere else around here, I have not seen a positive customer service review of TRE on any forum in many months.

New thread?

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As others have said, 2g pistons on 1g rods are a proven combination. I recommend using ARP rod bolts, headstuds, and main studs (if you decide to use ARP main studs, use the CRCO dowel kit as well). Going with the eagle/wiseco combination gives you a little more peace of mind.

I recommend TRE to anyone interested in a transmission build. I have over 70k miles on my TRE transmission and have yet to have a problem with it. I have the basic rebuild with double synchro 1st/2nd. Shep racing is also a great transmission shop.

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Don't bother with the ARP mains, they are totally unneeded at your power level and can cause problems. Eagle/Wiseco is the way to go for a street car. The big rod/2g pistons work well too, but aren't worth the money unless you find a set that is already machined and ready to go.

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I have run eagle/wiseco 8.8:1 for over 20,000 miles and higher boost levels/power without any issues.

Jim

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A local guy put down 423 whp with a 550's and a buschur 20g. The 550's were maxed though.

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Give me a call Troy's friend! This is Kevin, I can explain most of this to you!

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How much does it take to get the 1g big rods machined out to fit on 2g pistons? I'm in the same spot, if its going to cost alot, I think I am going to go with a 1g big rod and wiseco setup. I dont have that much money so I dont think I will be getting any Eagle rods, but some o/s pistons with new rings, straight cylinders, and higher compression would be nice.

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1g big rods with Wiseco's should be a setup good to over 500whp (if properly tuned) and be very cost effective.

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I'd still recommend eagle's.
Eagle's come with ARP hardware, stock rods don't.
Eagle's are already converted with floating pin, stock rods need to be bushed.
A good machine shop will charge you $150-200 for the rod "work" . Eagles are not that much more.

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I went with JE .20 over pistions and eagle rods because i already had a rod shoot through my block, and i defintly dont want that to happen again expecially after all the money you sink into these machines.

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What was the price you paid for that setup?