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Old 12-11-2010, 02:02 PM   #26 (permalink)
Alfamale
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Beautifully setup!!

You'll be surprise how tough stock internals are. My bud used to have a '99 1.7L Honda Civic running 1.2bar (about 17psi) on stock internals. The engine is still running fine after 2 years till he sold it. I had an '04 Alfa Romeo 1.6TS running on 1.6bar (23psi) on stock internals as well and had braced myself for a blown engine probably weeks later but heck i was wrong. End up i had her for about a year before i let her go. She was still running fine.

Makes me wonder after that whether all the $$$ going into forged low com piston are really worth it. Well, unless it's a 40psi drag car that's a different story. But having said that, gearbox are always the first to go rather than the engine.
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