Originally posted by ON_N20
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The engine build looks great! 
I have the same pistons in my build and ran them for about a year - I bout mine straigt through Arias but they are basically the same, same CR too. I will caution you though, the first time my engine ran with these pistons I ended up cracking a sleeve straight down the middle. I'll go take a pic in a few mins and post it up to show. The pistons are 86mm, which takes quite a bit off the cylinder wall of the stock block, it takes alot of the ductile iron away which is where the rigidity is at. You'll have to take it easy with what you have, you have essentially a bullet-proof rotating assembly, but your engine block is weaker than stock - exactly what I did when I built mine originally unfortunatly. It kind of defeats the purpose of the better internals.
Also as far as the turbo goes, it looks to be in good shape, but yes everyone is right it is a bit small. You can run it however, but it will run out of airflow well before 5,000 RPM. This is where datalogging and full tuning capabilities would help alot, because if you could moniter your A/F ratio's and intake air temps at the intake, that would help alot to make your build last with that turbo. I personally ran my DSM setup for about a year, I used the first gen eclipse manifold, and 14b turbo. Boost would start easily at around 2k RPM's and it would run out of breath by around 5k RPM's. It was perfect for a daily driver though, since the lag was almost non-existent, and I was able to produce quite a bit of power. But I had excellent home tuning capabilites, and I was always closely monitering my A/F ratios and intake temps especially.
Definatly look into ECU tuning, it will take you alot further, while playing it alot safer, and allowing your build to last. I think I ended up spending about $900 on moates.com on a single order, but I bought injectors, a real time emulator (in place of tuning a chip everytime - belive me the emulater is a god-send, instant tuning in your hands), datalogging cable, and a nice Wideband A/F gauge with A/F datalogging. I basically taught myself how to tune, and was able to make myself a very stable tune that I use now. I should add that I also later bought Crome Pro- which just expands on the free edition, and allowed me to use my datalogging cable - that helped a ton!
Anyway enough rambling on
, your build is looking great just take the advice for what it is, your build resembles mine alot, and now im in the process of rebuilding my engine due to a cracked sleeve. Non-the-less I'm glad to see you choose a good rotating assembly, as well as the headwork. Looking good 
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I have the same pistons in my build and ran them for about a year - I bout mine straigt through Arias but they are basically the same, same CR too. I will caution you though, the first time my engine ran with these pistons I ended up cracking a sleeve straight down the middle. I'll go take a pic in a few mins and post it up to show. The pistons are 86mm, which takes quite a bit off the cylinder wall of the stock block, it takes alot of the ductile iron away which is where the rigidity is at. You'll have to take it easy with what you have, you have essentially a bullet-proof rotating assembly, but your engine block is weaker than stock - exactly what I did when I built mine originally unfortunatly. It kind of defeats the purpose of the better internals.Also as far as the turbo goes, it looks to be in good shape, but yes everyone is right it is a bit small. You can run it however, but it will run out of airflow well before 5,000 RPM. This is where datalogging and full tuning capabilities would help alot, because if you could moniter your A/F ratio's and intake air temps at the intake, that would help alot to make your build last with that turbo. I personally ran my DSM setup for about a year, I used the first gen eclipse manifold, and 14b turbo. Boost would start easily at around 2k RPM's and it would run out of breath by around 5k RPM's. It was perfect for a daily driver though, since the lag was almost non-existent, and I was able to produce quite a bit of power. But I had excellent home tuning capabilites, and I was always closely monitering my A/F ratios and intake temps especially.
Definatly look into ECU tuning, it will take you alot further, while playing it alot safer, and allowing your build to last. I think I ended up spending about $900 on moates.com on a single order, but I bought injectors, a real time emulator (in place of tuning a chip everytime - belive me the emulater is a god-send, instant tuning in your hands), datalogging cable, and a nice Wideband A/F gauge with A/F datalogging. I basically taught myself how to tune, and was able to make myself a very stable tune that I use now. I should add that I also later bought Crome Pro- which just expands on the free edition, and allowed me to use my datalogging cable - that helped a ton!
Anyway enough rambling on
, your build is looking great just take the advice for what it is, your build resembles mine alot, and now im in the process of rebuilding my engine due to a cracked sleeve. Non-the-less I'm glad to see you choose a good rotating assembly, as well as the headwork. Looking good .
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