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Old Jul 28, 2008 | 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Epstein
I could tell you that motor was in pretty sad shape by looking at the piston. There's a ton of build-up by the wrist pin. Plus look how nasty it is below the first ringland.

So how do you do that to an essentially stock motor? I've got a stock piston just like that but it ran 25+psi and made 539whp.
Call it me if you'd like, but with the walls as worn as they are, and the valve guides, I have a feeling my "40-60K" JDM tight motor, was more like in the 240-360K range

It only spent 6 months in my car, and i doubt the NGK plugs or Mobil 1 did that damage.
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Originally Posted by osama tim laden
full on track cars can take a lot more liberties with shit than a street car. bell bottom kits and crazy wheel fitment look cool sliding on a track, but when i want to drive to taco bus, im going to ruin all of that shit. so it just doesnt work for me. function over fashion.
Originally Posted by osama tim laden
also, im about to blow my moderator status by deleteing all of davids posts
R.I.P. Tim

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