VG33E max bore piston options

  • mwolvinm
    mwolvinm
    Senior Member
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    VG33E max bore piston options

    This thread states on page 1 that a VG33E could be bored out to 99mm safely for use with a turbo:

    https://z31performance.com/forum/z31…-will-not-work

    However the limiting factor for us cheapskate Z31 drivers (that includes me!!!) was finding a piston that would work that wasn't cost prohibitive. Has anyone looked at the 98mm piston out of a VK56DE?

    from club titan:

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    PISTON, PISTON RING AND PISTON PIN Available Piston
    Piston skirt diameter “A”
    Grade No. 1 97.980 - 97.990 (3.8575 - 3.8579) —
    Grade No. 2 97.990 - 98.000 (3.8579 - 3.8583) —
    Grade No. 3 98.000 - 98.010 (3.8583 - 3.8587) —
    Grade No. 0
    (Service)
    98.180 - 98.210 (3.8653 - 3.8665) 0.20 (0.0079)
    “H” dimension 39 (1.54) —
    Piston pin hole diameter Grade No. 0 21.993 - 21.999 (0.8659 - 0.8661) —
    Piston to cylinder bore clearance 0.010 - 0.030 (0.0004 - 0.0012) 0.08 (0.0031)
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    reference:
    http://www.clubtitan.org/forums/58-v…imensions.html

    Thoughts???? It looks like it uses the same wrist pin as the W series and VG30DE. Am I missing something?

    Is this a cheap option?

    http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/n…ne,piston,5620

    from the white paper I saw, it's a dish design based off of the VH45, which is a proven overbore piston for the VG33E
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  • Augustus Maximus
    Augustus Maximus
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    $900 will get you a custom set of forged pistons built to whatever mythical ideas you have about your VG33E. Pick up a set of rods too, OEM and crap have a way of making an exit through the block.
    Cha iro

    enjoy building it yourself.
    if it fails, fuck it.
    at least you gave it a whirl.