Doc_G
Rude, Lewd, usually Nude
Got my camera charger back, yay! Here is the next item on the list besides studs.
YCP Vitara's - I am going to stay with the standard bore on this one.
FJT Custom Length Rods - I will have to notch the block but I don't have any problems with that. Eagle H-Beam Rods give too low compression ratio's so I am going with these designed specifically for the YCP/Suzuki Vitara's.
Eagles compression = 7.8:1 and FJT's are 8.8:1 I figured it will be better to stick around 9ish.
BTW, This is the Piston/Rod combo that Speed Factory used to gain they're 600+hp D16 sohc yet after pushing 30lbs of boost and running 10's they demolished one of the pistons some how. I am seriously thinking about the Golden Eagle Intake Manifold *used in both bisimoto's and speed factory's builds * and Methane Injection * used in bisi's 1st 702hp dyno D16 wagovan with 91 octane *in the future after installation as well. Should be running into some cash again in a few weeks so updates will come and probably a nice new eg hatch with income tax around the corner... I don't really want to plant this nice of a build into a car that is falling apart. I love the Rex but it's prime is over.
Very interested in your build as I'm possibly going to pursue a similar line w/my hatch. Might have a bit of a suggestion for you as well, now I know next to nothing about these engine platforms I'm a v8 rwd guy by all accounts. To get a bump in compression you could have the head shaved/milled a bit. Well we (as in the american v8 guys) can, and I figure an engine is an engine in the respect that its just an air pump, so in theory fwd engines should operate on similar if not the same principal. I know in my forced induction past w/camaros and mustangs we use cometic head gaskets, what kind is used in this type of set up? Another thing I was thinking relating to compression, wouldn't headgasket thickness come into play where compression is concerned as well? My apologies if these are simplistic questions to you guys, I have searched and not found these answers yet so I ask here.
OP this is a very interesting build for me, so please continue to update as you advance I'm subscribed.