Bearings/piston/rod choice
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Bearings/piston/rod choice I have a 01 Firehawk TA that I lost compression on #5&7 cylinders a while back. After I tore it a part the piston ring lands on both where cracked and the piston pretty much fell out of the block.
This will be my first engine rebuild and decided to go a head and get forged rods, pistons and arp bolts/studs. I have read a lot of threads about what everyone is putting into their builds and just wanted some advice.
The car will be a 90% street car with maybe a few times at the track just to see what it runs. Plan on a d1sc procharge build with brute speed blower cam and Trick flow as cast 220 heads. If I can't get those heads will use the 243/799 heads. Goal would be around the 600+ rwhp. It is a M6 car as well. Money is a factor but I am not in a hurry to get it built.
Cam bearings- summit racing has a set of clevite's. Would those work just fine with the brute speed cam?
Main/rod bearings- clevite's H or P bearings?
Rods-??
Pistons-?? WS6 store has a set of -11 Wiseco would they work fine with boost? I haven't sat down and figured out CR yet. Wanted to be close to 10:1.
Thanks the help
This will be my first engine rebuild and decided to go a head and get forged rods, pistons and arp bolts/studs. I have read a lot of threads about what everyone is putting into their builds and just wanted some advice.
The car will be a 90% street car with maybe a few times at the track just to see what it runs. Plan on a d1sc procharge build with brute speed blower cam and Trick flow as cast 220 heads. If I can't get those heads will use the 243/799 heads. Goal would be around the 600+ rwhp. It is a M6 car as well. Money is a factor but I am not in a hurry to get it built.
Cam bearings- summit racing has a set of clevite's. Would those work just fine with the brute speed cam?
Main/rod bearings- clevite's H or P bearings?
Rods-??
Pistons-?? WS6 store has a set of -11 Wiseco would they work fine with boost? I haven't sat down and figured out CR yet. Wanted to be close to 10:1.
Thanks the help
I would suggest Wiseco pistons and Scat I Beam rods. You will need to make sure they have a .927" pin. Figure out what dish/dome you need to get your compression ratio with this online calculator
Main and rods bearings don't really matter too much, ACL and Federal Mogul have always worked pretty well for me, Clevite too but they're usually more expensive. I would use an H bearing though, but I suppsoe a P bearing would work for only 600hp.
Leave the stock cam bearings in there. They don't need to be taken out unless they're badly damaged. Usually they show a little copper, but that seems to be how they come right from GM.
Main and rods bearings don't really matter too much, ACL and Federal Mogul have always worked pretty well for me, Clevite too but they're usually more expensive. I would use an H bearing though, but I suppsoe a P bearing would work for only 600hp.
Leave the stock cam bearings in there. They don't need to be taken out unless they're badly damaged. Usually they show a little copper, but that seems to be how they come right from GM.
