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I have been thinking about doing a rebuild of the 1.6 DOHC in my wife's 94RS. I cannot find any performance pistons or rods for this engine. Do they exist? If not, here is some info that you might like to know. I emailed Arias about custom pistons and here is their reply.
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These will have to be custom made. Price per cylinder is $145.00 which includes piston, pin, locks, and rings. Turn around time for this is 4-5 weeks and we need a sample piston.
Thank you.
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----------------------------------------------<p>So, would anyone be interested in some high compression pistons or lower compression pistons (for turbo apps)?

you can use 90-93 miata parts

Are they EXACTLY the same....bolt-in upgrade?

<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by RanMan:
Are they EXACTLY the same....bolt-in upgrade?<hr></blockquote><p>Well, they are supposely the same serial number.. so yup, same.

that is what i have. carrilo rods and wiseco pistons. quite expensive though @ $1800 for the setup. the cost of parts alone is 1600 but the pistons have to be checked and piston protrusion "adjusted". mine had .040 and had to be shaved. i guess this is a common problem with miata and mx3 though. i have some treated rods and pistons id sell to ya if you would settle for them..