Mr. Upholsterer
Smoking the Buick
- Joined
- Jan 9, 2010
Guys, Was tieing up some loose ends on my 65 Chevy...but in the process I found some Forged Pistons with rods out of Grand National that are .030 over...As some of you might remember I have 83 Buick Regal....with a 79-80 turbo hot air setup on it....still plumbing it...and hooking up exhaust..
Now...did Grand Nationals have forged cranks ?? Will these pistons and rods bolt up to my crankshaft ?? Do I Need a forged Crank ??
I have been looking at these piston pins...they are free floating right...seems like they are pressed into the connecting rod and just turn in the piston ???? I would thought there would been some kind of a retaining clip on each side of the Pin to keep it from sliding it out of the piston...??
Also check out this piston and most are like this...looks like the bottom edge of the side of the piston is kind of rounded out as if it was hitting something....almost as if the counter weight on the crank was hitting it...What do you guys think
Now...did Grand Nationals have forged cranks ?? Will these pistons and rods bolt up to my crankshaft ?? Do I Need a forged Crank ??
I have been looking at these piston pins...they are free floating right...seems like they are pressed into the connecting rod and just turn in the piston ???? I would thought there would been some kind of a retaining clip on each side of the Pin to keep it from sliding it out of the piston...??
Also check out this piston and most are like this...looks like the bottom edge of the side of the piston is kind of rounded out as if it was hitting something....almost as if the counter weight on the crank was hitting it...What do you guys think