The starion pistons are worth looking at.I bought some a while back.About $300
with chrome rings,I think the brand was rightways and come in up to 86.5mm and
have a deck height of 35mm.They are designed to be use with a turbo.I was going to
use them in an L18 with L24 efi rods with the 9mm bolts.
Andrew Smith
jamesf wrote:
> What's wrong with the starion pistons...
> according to guys who race starions in their Group A days, the standard
> pistons are good for up to 330 odd hp.
>
> Daniel Kroehn wrote:
>
> > Yeah the bore is the right size Errol, but I checked the ACL catalogue after
> > Tom's reply last night and sure enought the comp height is 32.10mm on the VL
> > turbo pistons and 38.10mm on standard L18 pistons. So I think I'll have to
> > do some more searching.
> >
> > Daniel Kroehn
> > Recommending Datrats, supplying quality Datsun performance parts
> > www.Datrats.com.au
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Errol Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 7:32 AM
> > Subject: RE: A question of pistons
> >
> > > Daniel,
> > > The VL turbo pistons are 86mm stock so this is a 1mm overbore for the Z18.
> > > The comp height is about right though with a bit of the top I am told.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Feral Errol
> > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > http://www.datrats.com.au/
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Cox
> > > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 6:28 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Re: A question of pistons
> > >
> > >
> > > Well not surprising, the VL Turbo is a NISSAN motor :)
> > >
> > > >
> > > >List,
> > > >
> > > >within the next month I am looking at rebuilding the short motor for my
> > > >Z-18et project. Someone a while ago mentioned that VL turbo pistons have
> > > >the same/close to pin height and same bore diameter as stock Z-18et ones,
> > > >can anyone confirm this? I see these as a good piston to use for a street
> > > >car without having to go to the expense of forgies as there is a VL turbo
> > > >running around with 357kW at the back wheels and stock internals! Its
> > been
> > > >pretty reliable as I understand it. Comments/suggestions would be
> > greatly
> > > >appreciated as this is a subject I'm a little hazy on.
> > >
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