what would be a dream piston for the 'average' build?

[Nascar83Fan]

Thanks for the updates earl, sounds like a pretty good thing you have came up with.


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[ZNix]

Bump. Looks like I've got them at $450 for a set of 6 (pistons, pins and locks). That's 3.8 or 4.1 sizes. Price with rings will be a little different a 3.8L ring sizes are more expensive than 4.1L size.

I'll be ordering 3 sets in common (I hope) sizes, 3.805", 3.832", and 4.000" on Monday to test the waters here and outside of this site.

Im excited! I just decided to build a 4.1 and I now know where to go!

 

[earlbrown]

Ooops... forgot some peektures (which for me is kinda odd)...

4.000" bore 4.1's, low drag ring packs, custom CH, and hand finished.

I'm pretty happy with how they turned out.

 

[Nascar83Fan]

Those do look very nice, they look like they can take a bunch of thumping too.


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[earlbrown]

I tried to follow the KISS rule. I do know they're better than hypers so that's something

 

[Nascar83Fan]

May see sigs and builds in the future with your pistons being mentioned around or after christmas from the looks of it by those building or rebuilding engine combos.


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[earlbrown]

That would be nice. It would help justify all the effort I went though so I could have some good cost effective slugs or my engine. After cracking two hypers in my 4.1 I wish these were already made to start with.

 

[Pronto]

Now the problem is finding 4.1 blocks that are usable. No junkyard blocks around here at all.

 

[ek02]

Very nice pistons. Are these set up for Spiro Locks? Nice idea having a notch in the pin bore for retainer removal. I hate boogering up the pin bore when taking retainers out. Looks like holes in the oil ring grooves?

 

[earlbrown]

The notch is part of the standard print. With a wristpin part number change, I can have that groove setup for round snap rings instead of spiro-locks.