ok heres the deal im am turboing my ls in the next week and i have some questions and need some things. First off i had a hydro-lock three months ago and rebuilt it but failed to changed the rings on all our and just chnaged on the one that was bent. It runs fine daily but i am slightly burning oil so i figure its either in the rings or the stem seals but i had the head checked at the machine shop and they said it was fine so i figure its the rings and since im turboing and have to upgrade the headgasket i figure i should either change the rings or upgrade the pistons. So here is my dilema, i dont hve the extra cash for low compression pistons so i wonder if gsr or type-r pistons would be good for a turbo application on an Ls and ould they drop right in or what? Any suggestons or things you guys have would be appreciated.

 

if u cant get forged..no sense..stick with ur stock pistons..they are lower compression...and should be more reliable ..not sayin that the gsr or type rs wouldnt..but for say..10lbs boost..the ls will be more reliable then either of those..but the gsr or typer will have more hp output..

 

Why do you have to upgrade your headgasket since you are turboing your car?

Dare I even ask what you are doing for engine management / tuning?

 

Didnt you upgrade your OEM headgasket to a Fel-Pro

 

of course i changed the oem but i need better headgasket than a reg fel-pro and for tuning i have the aem ecm and program with laptop

 

Stock OEM headgaskets work the best.

 

heres my thing i justchecked my post on team integra and the kit im buying started as an xs power kit from ssautochrome but as mostly been upgraded except for the turbo itself. is it a good idea to keep the kit and change out the turbo

 

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Get rid of it all. It is garbage. Work on your grammar, punctuation, etc....it hurts my eyes reading. Stop reading the stuff you see on that board. Try Honda-tech. There are many good dependable kits you can buy on a budget that have a way better history than any of that SScrap.

 

yes what he said. try Honda-tech. your better off building up your own kit. trust me you dont want to buy those ss autocrome stuff.