luckyou03

I wanted to beef up my shortblock while it's out of the car getting new rings and bearings so what would you guys recommend for le1 heads and le1.6cam?

I beam or H beam forge rods? 5.7" or 6.0" stroke?
forged pistons? what brands?

stock compression or close to it

Meen95z

I'd go 6.000 h beam rod and some flat top pistons.. The I beam I think require a different cam to clear.. And 6.000 rod needs a piston made for the longer rod I believe..

bombebomb

Yup, you must match rod lenght with piston.

To the thread starter, what do you plan on doing with the car? Spraying or just normal NA use?

jasonisdn

look into compstar rods but since you are using a le product why not just call and ask him?

The Engineer

Also, don’t be afraid to run some compression. With flat-tops (no dish), 54cc chambers, zero deck-height and a .039” head-gasket you’ll have 12.0+-1 static, which will be much less dynamic.

WD

SS RRR

If you're going to remain N/A then stock rods/pistons will work just fine.

wrd1972

I have an LE package and I am using 6" rods with good results. Not sure whatb the specs are on a 1.6 cam but you cant go wrong with Lloyds stuff.

MachinistOne

Why does everyone insist on running heavy H-beam rods, when a lighter I-beam is a much better choice?

Scat Pro-series I beam - best bang for the buck rod on the market.

wrd1972

That's what I got.

luckyou03

It's a NA motor just le1 heads and le1.6 cam. I just thought it would be a good idea to upgrade. No NOS or boost. If stock is ok than cool, I will just add ARP bolts to everthing.

NightTrain66

cheapest way out for a 6400 RPM N/A engine is to reuse stock rods with good ARP bolts, stock crank and some of the TRW L 2256 pistons (.030 over). The stock pistons are WAY down in the hole and that kills compression and quench. If you have the budget, get some aftermarket pistons and just focus on good machine work.

It will live at that RPM and HP level forever.

Focus on quench and compression. measure the deck ht once it is all back together and use a head gasket that gives you a .030-.035 quench. Probably gonna need some .026" Mr Gasket 5716 heads gaskets to get there assuming the piston ends up .004-.010 in the hole at TDC.

Lloyd Elliott
972-617-5671
Elliottsportworks.com

luckyou03

ok thanks Lloyd

luckyou03

I'm having problems finding TRW L 2256 pistons, can you give me a part number for and equal forged piston like I can get at summitracing? thanks

NightTrain66

yep, here ya go. . . . . . .

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...0&autoview=sku

Lloyd Elliott
972-617-5671
Elliottsportworks.com

SS MPSTR

Tightening quench is beneficial for making power and preventing detonation, but you have to make sure everything is right. If you don't know what your doing, pay someone who does. The results of naively playing with those types of tolerances can be disasterous.