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^exactly....then figure in labor.

 
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me, i could barely get the whole thing done for 4G and i get a price break on labor

 
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**UPDATE**

got the pistons back from the machine shop....mmmmm everything looks so pretty now. I just grabbed my valve cover from the workbench and painted it metallic black. It looks good now. Car should be done by the end of this week!!!

 
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what did u paint it with, some kinda high temp paint

 
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I painted it with some left-over brake caliper paint. I figured that should have been "hot" enough.

Also, anyone know where I can buy methanol?

 
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at your local race track

or...

http://www.worldwideracingfuels.com/

or...

this is what i am using until i have time to go somewhere to get it cheaper.

 
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thats where I got mine from...$36 shipped I believe...havent even cracked it open yet...waiting on my IK22's

 
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Do u use this in your alcohol tank?

 
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yeah, i just dump it right in. It is a mix of methanol and T-Butyl Alcohol.

I get it at pep boys, it cost $5 a quart......this is really expensive, but i don't have time to go somewhere and by it by the gallon.

 
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I paid $36 shipped for 5 gallon methanol from worldwideracingfuels....thats good I guess huh...

 
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**** dude, you're getting new rods, too, right? If not, please, make sure you keep the boost down and tune your timing. If you need some more help with your setup, hit me up, I'd much rather see you make power reliably than continue to have problems over something you could've avoided, again. Wish you could've waited for cp's but I doubt you'll make enough power for it to really matter in the long run. Hit me up, though, for sure.

 
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^ I didn't have the cash for new rods. I don't plan on boosting enough for it to really matter. I just figured I'd be better off with forged pistons and new rings under normal boost....they've gotta be better than stock, right? The compression is lower now. I found a dyno tune near me so I'm going to order the emanage with timing controls. Hopefully they'll be able to tune the car to optimum performance. 200 to the wheels is what im aiming for, with Sunoco 94, fuel octane booster, and that methanol solution that civic01vtec suggested.

 
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ok im gonna explain why they heat the rods. The heating of the rod is to install the piston pin. you NEVER press one in with a shop press. You will distort the piston, gall the surface of the pin and plain screw stuff up. You use a torch to heat the end of the connecting rod, which expands it and allows you to slip the pin in with very little effort.