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    2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    I've read in a few places that 2.5l pistons and t2 rods will work in a 2.4.

    I've got a set of shotpeened rods and forged wisco pistons out of my old turbo 2.5 16v (head off a DOHC neon) hybrid motor. Roughly What would the compression ratio be with them? Pisons were from FWDP.

    Would be nice and save a ton of money to be able to reuse them insted of buying new pistons.

    Thanks.

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    Re: 2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ray_m View Post
    I've read in a few places that 2.5l pistons and t2 rods will work in a 2.4.

    I've got a set of shotpeened rods and forged wisco pistons out of my old turbo 2.5 16v (head off a DOHC neon) hybrid motor. Roughly What would the compression ratio be with them? Pisons were from FWDP.

    Would be nice and save a ton of money to be able to reuse them insted of buying new pistons.

    Thanks.
    Roughly 7.0-7.2:1. Pretty low.
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    Re: 2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    Quote Originally Posted by contraption22 View Post
    Roughly 7.0-7.2:1. Pretty low.
    That could be brought a point by shaving ~1mm off the block, I believe it was?

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    Re: 2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    Quote Originally Posted by Ray_m View Post
    That could be brought a point by shaving ~1mm off the block, I believe it was?
    I guess, but if you ever wanted to upgrade to better off-the-shelf pistons and rods, which is one of the benefits of the more popular 2.4 platform, then you'd have to go and find another block.
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    Re: 2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    seems dumb to me , machining the block when you could more easily do the head
    then you still have a usable shortblock ..and a "race head"

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    Re: 2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Johny Dodge View Post
    seems dumb to me , machining the block when you could more easily do the head
    then you still have a usable shortblock ..and a "race head"
    Even more logical would be to use the correct rods and pistons. One and done.
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    Re: 2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    I also thought that people were having issues getting the harder performance bearings for the older rods. I know you can get them for a 2.4.

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    Re: 2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    if you know where to get the harder 2.2 rod bearings I'll take a couple of sets each std -10 and -20

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    Re: 2001 2.4 motor with 2.5 rods and pistons.

    no i dont. i wish i did. i really havent looked hard though

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