I Have the: 4 Pistons, 4 Rings, 4 Pings and a bunch of other circular crap. This guy said I Need new bearings and gaskets. Is this true? do i have to spend like 700 bucks on this stuff? What did you other turbo guys end up doing and who installed the pistons for you?

thanks for the help.
-Marc

 

oh and this guy said 1600 for the piston install!?! thats like so much money geez. how much did you guys have to pay?

 

Unless you know EXACTLY what you're doing, pay someone. Yes, you need gaskets. Bearings isnt' a bad idea either. And by 4 rings, I hope you mean a complete set of 16 rings (4 first, 4 second, 8 scraper, 4 expander) Not sure if we run a floating or pressed pin, but I'm going to assume pressed, which should also be done by someone with some know how. You've also got to break the glaze on the cyclinder walls, etc. etc. etc.


Basically, if you need to ask these questions, I'd suggest you pay someone else to do the work. A piston job isn't a simple bolt on. It's serious business.

 

how much would the gaskets and bearings cost? and do the people who do the install buy and put them on for me?

 

labor to have my je pistons inst re install turbo and have the head machined and valve checked and 3 dyno pulls plus wideband on dyno was 1300 money well spent.

 

does anyone know how much would bearings cost?

 

500-600

 

if ur putin new pistons.might as well put new gasket. n sh*... dont do it urself if u dont know what ur doin.. n u might need torque to yield bolts. if they came with car.

 

new head gasket, head studs, and head washers are MANDATORY

with the JEs you should have 2 piston rings per piston, and 1 oil ring per piston, thats 12 rings altogether

i paid 970 to have my turbo kit removed, the pistons placed in, and everything back together

i would get new connecting rod bolts from mitsu too, dont want your rods fallin out, what other gaskets are there, maybe intake and exhaust gaskets, but thats it

iv ehad my engine rebuilt 2 times, ask me anything