^^thats pretty good if the bottom truly is stock..but this is his thread so im just congratsing him on his project.and hope it goes well

 

i can 100% promise you it is... only thing the motor has is arp headstuds as posted... now obviously the car was not left at this boost settings, but it did do it and is capable again....

 

At first I didn't want to use a b16 for the same reason you are thinking, but for the price of the shortblock I couldn't pass it up. The sleeves will definatley be good for 400+hp(with proper tuning) so there's no reason not to meet my hp goal as long as everything holds up.

 

Ordered my rods from Eagle 'ESP' H-Beam Connecting Rod Sets - Lightning Motorsports - It's All Good, we're still gonna have the after party ! AEM-ARP-Competition-Skunk2-Walbro-more for $300 shipped.

 

Picked up a tial wastegate today, still waiting on my rods to get shipped out

 

^aww next time try tompsons in stpete they have Eagle in stock for 300 and just make a store name for no tax i use AutoXstyls name now

 

That's really good to know ecspecially the no tax part. It's not like I need the rods now though I still got a looong way to go.

 

Got my rods unexpectedly today. On my account info from the website I ordered them from the order status said "Not Processed" so I figured they weren't even shipped out yet. Today if it still said not processed I was going to send them an email to see what the hold up was, anyway I login in and they finally provide a tracking number I check it and the rods are in tampa out for delivery. Needless to say FedEx shows up 15 minutes later.






That's a stock LS rod for comparison

 

Sick dude, I cant wait to see more. Im puttin a jdm b16a in my EM1

 

Thanks I'm going to try to order the pistons next month. Goodluck with your swap.