Re: Home made Rod milling machine
 

how much do those pistons cost?

Re: Home made Rod milling machine
 

i got them off ebay for 200-300
i cant remember

Re: Home made Rod milling machine
 

ran into the same problem with my ctr's on ls rods. I was not as confadent that I could do that I wimped out and paid the 45 to the machine shop to do it. good work looks pro :y

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I'm all in favor of saving a couple bucks, but most machine shop can do this for about 50 bucks. Then you will have it perfect and sleep good at night knowing it's right and balanced. Rember during balancing there is some oil weight on the piston.

Randy

Re: Home made Rod milling machine
 

$50 vs opening a drawer
besides all you need to keep the weight even is a micrometer
if u have the tools why waste the cash

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yeah if its all mic'd out and the finish is pretty even and ok you should be fine

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I guess you are right. I have a ton of tools and like doing stuff myself also. That 50 bucks that you saved shoudl go to a new tool. That's how I feel about stuff I save money on. Just make sure you deburred the wrist pin hole.

Randy

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pretty interesting, personally i'd have milled out the piston instead of shaving down the rod.. but thats me and i have access to a mill.. also its alot easier to make all your pistons equal weight for balancing purposes ;)
my machinist taught me how to balance my rods, just curious how you went about balancing yours, its really easy to do it wrong.

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I had the problem with tunertoys rods in wiseco pistons. Luckily my buddy is a machinist and we just used the bridgeport to take a lil off at his shop.