If you want to stay NA, then Wiseco has a nice set of forged pistons with 10.5:1 compresion ratio. Nice pistons, I use them.
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http://www.importperformanceparts.net/ )
And one of the vendors up here has forged JE NA pistons with even higher cr.
If your real lucky at searching for stuff, there were a few sets of Cosworth 12.5:1 cr pistons floating around.
But if your going turbo, then there are a lot of pistons out their.
Although the stock rods are forged, and quite strong,
and even stronger if the beams have the forging irregularities ground out, polished & shot peined,
They are heavier, and not as strong as say Crower, or Pauter rods.
The cheap stuff coming out of china (like Eagle, BC, etc.) are somewhere in between.