I have two questions, but if my first question doesn't work the rest of this post can be avoided.

1. Will CTR rings work with a B18A piston?

2. Would it be better to do a standard replacement for a B18A or go with CTR rings?

I'm working on putting a list together to know what I need to buy and how much it'll cost me. I've got a B18A1 that I'm ganna be rebuilding a short block for (threw the 4th rod and did some nice damage to the block so it'll pretty much be a fresh build on a B18B1 block w/ B18A1 internals). With this said, I don't have any real plans in the near future to do anything spectacular with the motor. If I keep my CRX I'll probably end up putting a turbo on it or something of that nature, but as of right now I'm not ganna plan that I'll be doing anything to it.

I've been reading Honda / Acura Engine Perforance by Mike Kojima, and in the portion about the rings he says that he thinks the OEM Japanese rings are better (to battle high RPM flutter). I currently started working at Advanced Discount Auto Parts and can get the rings (stock) for about 70-80 bucks and the CTR (of the net) for 130 bucks. If it's worth it I'll go with the CTR, but if it's not then I'll just stick with stock til I start doing any modify that requires me to build up the motor.

Thank you very much for any help. If you'd like to talk to me in 'real-time' you can try sending me an IM on AIM: mrdoveman. Thanks again.

Joel