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- not my plan. 
I could understand if you were trying to increase the capacity (or reduce the comp ratio) to increase potential power. I can understand wanting to have forged pistons to prevent ringland issues tho....it seems to be the standard from what I see as often rings gone means a slight bore is needed from last scores etc but not sure if that's a minority or majority?...? 8.5:1.0 or 8.0:1.0, depending on the state of your head- but aim to keep squish as close to stock as possible./ may not be worth a polish and new mains. Definitely new big ends, no reason not to while you have it all apart, and they take some abuse on these engines...if it's ok I wouldn't bother swapping it out (although others will say you have to for some reason)...you'll obviously need a new head gasket as well...don't go thick on this (see keeping your squish as stock as possible).(the front is prone to leaking), but these should come as part of the engine gasket kit.(for the price anyway), I'd also stick ARP head studs in while you're there (although not strictly needed for your plans). . "off the shelf" so, depending on your intended power goals/boost pressure they may be the ones best suited to you, as the likes of CP etc supply 9:1 as standard.. obviously you can get custom CR pistons machined should you want to pay for them.'00 Honda CBR600 Follow me on Instagram @c35rob My pistons are Carrillos, they come with chrome rings. I would buy new as well, a friend of mine bought pistons from a member on here (who had other members vouching for him) and there was loads of bits missing including the spec sheet. Compression ratio is up in the air. I suggested going 9:0:1 (which i have went with) and everybody lost their minds, Nathan Freke is going 10:5:1 and nobody bats an eyelid. With the quality of engine management and fuels these days higher c/r is absolutely fine. However, if you are keeping the stock ecu etc wouldn't recommend it, it'd be better to go 8:5:1. For the sake of £100 for a genuine Toyota one why wouldn't you? It's so much easier with the engine out. Same for the water pump. I'd freshen up the gaskets too. Full gasket set from Toyota is cheap (around £170 iirc) I had mine polished just for the sake of it. Imagine how you'd feel knowing the engine needs to come out 6 months after you've been back on the road! 
sheppy wrote:
.'00 Honda CBR600 Follow me on Instagram @c35rob Also, the info in that thread is very useful. Somebody should knowledge base that Rob - East Coast Imports wrote:sheppy wrote:
I assume he is going to be running C16 or E85 though, which changes the game slightly.
I don't know much about the last car apart from the times it ran in all honesty though 
If you already have a healthy engine being clever with temp and management will you actually need to go to the expense if a rebuild.£95.34 - TCB£78 - TCB- £166 - TCB(86.5mm): £480 - Can't say without it going xxxx(TCB?)£153 - H-Tune ... as much as I trust its reliability - ringland failure will be enevitable at some point. I'd like to keep the car forever if i can, so happy to invest in upgrading the vital areas. Plus then I can be happy about running it at optimum without fearing it going POP at any moment. I got that from TCB. Hurley were the best on price (and the best to deal with). The pistons I got from GTSChris but I see his site is down as he's "retired". So not sure what's going on there. £60 price difference. I ordered the st205 one 
.. and everyone lists the 86..5 at 9.0:1?'retired' too, he sold his drag car on ebay recently, last time I was at his unit (6 months ago?) He had his daily scooby, his impreza race car, his personal Ferrari 360, and another race car - a ginetta G50 iirc, so he wasn't doing too badly for himself by the looks of it. Maybe he did retire, maybe went into another line of work? Who knows....'00 Honda CBR600 Follow me on Instagram @c35rob Rob. Couple of things there
. didnt intend on doing them really plus Ive seen some fitters refuse any warranty if using Eagle rods interesting that! Plus only the higher kits have the oil pump and not a full gasket set
. Hmmmm.£950 for parts (450 for pistons) which seems a lot cheaper.... Just search for an oil pump and you'll find their shop, they have far more on ebay than their actual site. Also give them a phone if you can't see things you need, more often than not they actually have the parts in stock. As I said they are extremely helpful and have been the best on price, quality of items and customer service. My entire build has been parts from Hurley save for the exhaust, clutch and pistons which were all from GTSchris oh, and the gasket set but TCB were around the same price (for the st205 kit) from what i remember. TCB are fine but I didn't feel they were very knowledgeable from my phone conversations with them. 
androo007 wrote:Cant find the water pump anywhere either.
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