Talk to this guy about the Mahle pistons
http://videos.streetfire.net/video/j...e-9aad012ad4c6
The stock rods gave up before the pistons did, oh and there is a guy that is on hondatech that has had the same Mahle pistons in his car for 4 seasons of racing (he is also the owner of the gold civic hatch on the cover of there catalog)