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    Broken pistons in a hot-air 4.1, why?

    Thanks for chiming in guys. I'll try and answer your questions in order of your replies. Archie, it had .040 over stock replacements with a deep dish, and oil return slots in the back of the oil control rings lands, that's the same type of pistons that Nate bought for me to use. Although...
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    Broken pistons in a hot-air 4.1, why?

    Thanks guys. Yeah it has the wastegate right in the cast iron exhuast side of the turbo, with a vacuume diaphram linked to the butterflies' lever. The link is adjustable, and probabaly cranked to the peanuts by previous owner. We'll see how much it takes to open it. The test procudure you...
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    Stage 1 Jr. heads

    I have a pair of Stage 1 jrs that are leftover from my Bro-in-laws car. He went with stock style rebuilt units instead. He bought them from G-bodyparts.com, they are NOT ported, but have unmachined (blocked off) heat (exhaust) crossover, bee-hive valve springs, and undercut stems on the...
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    Ported heads

    Not ported but stage 1jr I have a pair of UN-PORTED Stage 1 jrs that are leftover from my Bro-in-laws car. He went with stock style rebuilt units instead. He bought them from G-bodyparts.com, they are NOT ported, but have unmachined heat (exhaust) crossover, bee-hive valve springs, and...
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    Broken pistons in a hot-air 4.1, why?

    Hello. My bro-in law bought a rough running '85 regal T-Type. It has a .040 over 4.1 under the stock '85 T-Type turbo stuff. It failed a compression test badly, holes 3 and 5 blew only 25psi. Upon removing the oil pan, there were pieces of piston ring in the bottom of the pan. Further...
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    Hello from a new guy

    Hello, thanks to the admins for running this forum, and thank to all those who came before me. I've lurked here before, gaining knowledge of the 200-4R among other things. You can probably tell from my username that I drive a Pontiac. I have owned a '78 Grand Am since 1980, parked winters...
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