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Drowzysleeper · Post by **Drowzysleeper** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:12 am

well im going will a piston rod bearing combo from the marketplace. for a little over 800 witch is not bad. most people i talk to recommend using oem bearing instead of acl, why is that? could it be the how the fit or the price. also the headgasket should i go oem or get a badass cosmetic one? thanks again for everyones imput.

5thgen · Post by **5thgen** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:36 am

Drowzysleeper;13114 wrote:well im going will a piston rod bearing combo from the marketplace. for a little over 800 witch is not bad. most people i talk to recommend using oem bearing instead of acl, why is that? could it be the how the fit or the price. also the headgasket should i go oem or get a badass cosmetic one? thanks again for everyones imput.

as long as the clearances turn out fine, the acl bearings shouldn't be a problem. The honda bearings come in different clearances....which are coded by different colors. Some are thinner, some are thicker. The acl bearing tends to have the "green" color clearance. I have torqued them in my block and the clearance read just fine where its supposed to be. With the headgasket I have always just got oem...I never had tried an aftermarket. I would recommend head studs if you don't already have them on your list. And chase any torqued stud/bolt with a tap (also clean it as best you can) before you actually put the stud/bolt in there and tighten it.

b18b-t · Post by **b18b-t** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:44 am

5thgen;13131 wrote:as long as the clearances turn out fine, the acl bearings shouldn't be a problem. The honda bearings come in different clearances....which are coded by different colors. Some are thinner, some are thicker. The acl bearing tends to have the "green" color clearance. I have torqued them in my block and the clearance read just fine where its supposed to be. With the headgasket I have always just got oem...I never had tried an aftermarket. I would recommend head studs if you don't already have them on your list. And chase any torqued stud/bolt with a tap (also clean it as best you can) before you actually put the stud/bolt in there and tighten it.

Yeah listen to this guy he obviously knows his shit.. I thought i was one of the only ones. You are :worthy:

Drowzysleeper · Post by **Drowzysleeper** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:23 pm

5thgen, would you recommend acl or oem? i have head bolts on my list, they are from tuners choice and are running 116+shipping, is that the best price i can get for them?
b18t i just seen that you tuned your lst would you be interested in tunning mine when it is all done?

b18b-t · Post by **b18b-t** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 6:29 pm

Drowzysleeper;13225 wrote:5thgen, would you recommend acl or oem? i have head bolts on my list, they are from tuners choice and are running 116+shipping, is that the best price i can get for them?
b18t i just seen that you tuned your lst would you be interested in tunning mine when it is all done?

OEM bearings FTW! That price is about the average for arp's, so def pick those up

5thgen · Post by **5thgen** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:27 pm

Drowzysleeper;13225 wrote:5thgen, would you recommend acl or oem? i have head bolts on my list, they are from tuners choice and are running 116+shipping, is that the best price i can get for them?
b18t i just seen that you tuned your lst would you be interested in tunning mine when it is all done?

I have acl bearings for my future build. Either would be fine with me as long as the clearance is good.

Drowzysleeper · Post by **Drowzysleeper** » Tue Jan 16, 2007 11:37 pm

so the oem ones are just a little bit cheaper. thanks for your help. i have another question would i be able to run a turbo cam from crower, with out the boost. my plans are to build the motor for boost then later boost.

5thgen · Post by **5thgen** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:03 am

I got my acl bearings for $77 shipped. The honda bearings will most likely be around 150-175 for the set.

Drowzysleeper · Post by **Drowzysleeper** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 12:45 am

i was looking at tuners choice and they are like 73 + shipping