Oil squirt on K

tonytherunner

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• Feb 27, 2018

• #1

There is a reason why it does not exist oil squirt on k series ??? no need piston cooling or what ?

 

Nodge68

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• Feb 27, 2018

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No need to on the K series. It doesn't get hot enough to warrant under piston cooling jets. Not even the turbo K needs addition piston cooling jets. There's more than enough oil thrown from the big ends to cool the pistons.

 

rob_bell

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• Feb 27, 2018

• #3

As Nodge says - a standard K is absolutely fine

 

tonytherunner

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• Mar 1, 2018

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i dont know its a problem or not ,is enough pressure to cool and oil at the top of the piston ??
on honda forum i find one of this,is not like regular oil squirt,but i like the ideea...

....more oil means more weight ,this affect the balance of the piston or not ?

 

rob_bell

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• Mar 1, 2018

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If you were going for a turbo/ high performance build, you might be able to justify this - is this what your planning on yours?

 

Nodge68

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• Mar 1, 2018

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The amount of oil flowing out of the squirt nozzles is tiny by comparison to that thrown about by the bearings. So there needs to be a specific requirement to control piston temperature for it to be even considered. The K series simply doesn't need oil squirts to cool the pistons, as it doesn't suffer from thermal failure of the pistons. It can suffer from split piston crowns on odd occasions, but otherwise the K series is bomb proof in standard or modified form.