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    Default mach oil temp gauge plus st 20v bottom end with 16v head

    ok iv got an old school jap oil temp gauge and i was wondering when do people have there oil temp fitting running from as it is too big to going to the block ?


    next question iv got a spare 20v block and a few 16v heads can i just change the pistons and run a 16v head ?
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    oil temp get a fitting/thread welded/tapped into your sump, or buy a remote filter kit that has a block with ports for senders.

    yes 20v block works, but use the 20v internals for the extra compression/power, otherwise theres no real point? (other than being 7 ribs "stronger")

    Havent confirmed personally, but possibly makes the engine an interference engine.

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    you can only swap the pistons if they are ZE pistons or smallport, bigport + 20v bottoms don't work.
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    I have a bigport head on a 20v bottom.

    Just use all the 20v internals? it works, i assure you. Or have you literally only got the bare block?

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    Iv got a block with ever thing in it I know I have too change the pistons too ze or small port so I was gonna get aftermarket ones cheers for the info lads.
    hachi roku

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    inteference engine
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    I'm running an s13 sandwich plate (Between block and oil filter) temp guage runs off that.

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    with the change of the block since its gonna have higher compression can i still use the stock ecu ?
    hachi roku

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    compression will be lower, not higher
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