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02-21-2004, 03:10 PM
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what (crappy) pistons to use?
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Join Date: Jul 2003
City: College Station, TX
Posts: 2,613
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who makes or where can i get crappy pistons to run a regular modest n/a 3.8 motor? a friend will bathe it and bore/hone it to whatever specs i want but i need to start looking for pistons.
do pistons go up in price is you bore a lot and need larger ones, or not? where is a place to get CRAPPY new pistons, like the ones it comes with stock? |
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02-21-2004, 03:13 PM
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Senior Tech Advisor
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Burlington, NC
State: North Carolina
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I would check with Mikael at RPM Mustangs.com, I know that he sells some kind of pistons for overbore etc. Dont' think it matters how much overbore as far as price, but I would ask the "man" make sure.
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02-22-2004, 08:19 AM
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The Mustang's Human Twin
Join Date: May 2003
City: Terre Haute, SC for a bit
State: Indiana
Posts: 1,638
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The only cheap alternatives are Ford stockers... and the biggest ones are only
.039" overbore  however I have a good hookup on Forged Diamond Pistons
and we can make a deal on that, they are fully custom and that means any size 
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02-22-2004, 10:41 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
City: College Station, TX
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02-22-2004, 02:05 PM
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Taking life one day at a time
Join Date: May 2003
City: Simpsonville
State: South Carolina
Posts: 10,970
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To answer one of questions Pistons diameter increases do to cylinders overbore generally does not make piston cost go up. Off the shelf sizes are the same but with custom sizes you pay higher for the piston but the cost is also usually the same is all bore sizes for a particular engine
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02-22-2004, 08:24 PM
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Father Four-Eye
Join Date: Jun 2003
City: Sharpsburg-Antietam
State: Maryland
Posts: 156
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I am running speed pro hyper's at .030 over and they look pretty good
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02-23-2004, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Posts: 48
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I have some stock 01 pistons I could sell really cheap, they only have 6700 miles on them,b ut if you're going to bore out the motor you can't use them. |
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02-23-2004, 04:01 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
City: College Station, TX
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speedpenguin, i'm getting the block checked soon and i will let you know. my email is atrusmstng@hotmail.com could you email me with what you want for them, and where you are located. my zip code is 77840. |
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02-24-2004, 10:43 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 164
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Got a set of forged Ross pistons and Forged Eagle Rods. Brand New.
E-mail me stingracer18@aol.com |
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