Scholar block has 2 things going for it:
1) Eliminates any issue with liner heights
2) extra 100c not to be sniffed at
Having made that decision you then don't get much choice in pistons. Scholar provide Pistal pistons (which I have in my engine) but these are a "slipper" design which I understand means they have a very short piston skirt. It makes them very light but they should really be inspected regularly (depending on usage). Just after my engine was completed, Omega developed an 82mm piston for this application and I would probably have gone that route.
My target was 200bhp and with Jenvey's, BP285H cams (hydraulic lifters retained), DVA Power full porting job on VVC head, Bernard Scouse airbox, Caterham VHPD 4-2-1 exhaust and an Emerald ECU the engine made 227bhp and 167lbft on Emerald's rollers.
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