Quoting DynastyLCD:
Quoting presterone:
Kind of worries aboun22 psi on the track with stock internals. I guess it will show me the limits of what the engine could take. It will be a learning experience.
stock engines are wonderful things. many of us have made stupid power on the stock 6 bolt 4G63. personally, i've made over 400 AWHP on stock rods, pistons, crank, head. my only changes, were re-ringing the stock pistons to re-fresh them, new bearings, balance shaft delete, 272 cams, ARP head studs and an MLS head gasket. i daily drove multiple stock blocks with 30+ PSI through a 30r. look at turbofonz, 10's on the stock block. wop uses a 3052 making good power on a stock block. many of us are on that road now with zero issues.
if you have DSMlink, you can set your check engine light to go off at a certain knock point. i set mine to 1 count of knock. tune for zero counts of knock, and you'll be safe. then when you're hammering on it, and you see the CEL light up, you get out of it before you cause any damage.
QFT. I'm not even sure why half the guys on this site do engine builds. Unless you plan to make 500+ WHP, it's just not needed. Stock Mitsu built bottom ends are probably one of the most reliable things on these cars.