buying used pistons
 

is it okay to run used forged pistons wtih scarring to the skirts??

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Scars remind us that the past is real.

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lmao

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great ???

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lol scaring on the skirts. Make sure you ask how lean they ran the motor to get it that way. Guarntee pistons are out of shape. Seen two sets of pistons both cp pistons scaring on skirts had about 1mm of slap. 1 set was in h22 ran 30psi with enough fuel to run 10psi.

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the guy said they ran hot

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don't do it.. just keep searching classifieds.. I got my set of wiseco pistons for $200 brand new in the box from classifieds

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I would run free pistons with scarring to the skirts IF and ONLY IF the ring lands weren't slopped the ---- out.

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Double posting just to make sure you understand I said FREE pistons, and you need to understand it's an engine I'd run at the streetraces to make money, not care if or expect it to last 1000 miles.

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Ya they ran hot from being lean.

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i thought they ran cool when they ran lean? you know, less fuel to burn = less flame amount :D

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flamer.

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slighty less flamer than the rich afr kids are :)

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I scarred your moms skirt with some highly used COCK.


HER PISTON TO WALL IS SLOPPY AND LOUD, LIKE TRHROWING A ROCK DOWN A WELL.

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DAMN!

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:6

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I like turtles



I heard BitchassCracker has great deals on Used pistons, minty i hear.

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12k and going strong with my scarred CP Z6. I drive it every day. She's wallowed out like a mofo but doesn't seem to mind.

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The skirts on my ---- were alls cored so i sanded em with 1billion grit and turned up the boost. 2 years later no issues.

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My machinist told me not to buff or sand because that just removes material and makes clearances more loosebutt and that the grooves won't damage the walls.

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you might be able to have the skirts knurled

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yeah that'd be sweet :)







not.

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if ur that worried jb weld. Use it like bondo sand it flush and beat them bitches like a virgin on prom nite. Like most bitches the more abuse they get the harder they work

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you obviously dont know what im talking about then

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got the pistons

to get the pins in, i have to force them in.

would you guys run them?

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No.

You got them for free, right?

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run them you sissy! as long as they aren't ATE THE ---- UP and the ring lands are good you should be fine.

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got em for 70 bux shipped no rings

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You got ripped.

You shouldn't have given a dime for them even if the pin bores weren't completely fucked.

You were told all of this, did you not listen?

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i bought them before
and asked about the consequences.

the pistons look really new, and i cant feel any wear with my fingernails on the skirts.

should i just sell them

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You are asking us if you should rip off someone else? :S

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put them on ebay and let people bid. just say unknown condition as is.
that's kind of accurate since you don't know if they will work or not

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I hate fucks with the ebay mentality that do that ----, 'I learned these parts are junk but if I say unknown as is condition my morality will let me knowingly rip someone off'

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Look man, there are two people in this thread that have vouched for used pistons with scars working fine on boosted engines. He doesn't know if they would work or not, which is OBVIOUSLY why he made this thread, therefore the condition of them is UNKNOWN. Let the buyer take the chance and save some money on a build if it works.

I do agree with you on some level though. If you blow oil out of a turbo and put it on ebay without any description and say AS IS for 100 bucks you're really dicking someone over.

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It has binding pins. That is not scarring to the skirts which "I would run if the ring lands aren't slopped out and the pistons were free."

Ask PhilStubbs how his used pistons with binding pins is working out for him right now.

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ohh, so if the pins don't easily install, then the pistons wont articulate freely about the axis? I get it now. :1

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Where it binds, it wears. The aluminum galls and smears around, the wrist pin knocks, the whole area gets hot and siezes and fails just like the rod bearing area.

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even getting mixed feedback enough to make someone unknowing/inexperienced to shy away but only list as simply 'unknown condition' without sharing the mixed feedback irritates me. But you're probably right my bitterness comes from 'unknown condition' arriving in obviously defiled state. I got a set of free rods off the last fucker that did that though.

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and $25 wasn't it?

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ok so the place where the pins slide in had some burrs, thats why they were not floating

some 1500 grit fixed it

8) hmt fo life