Retarding the cam question.

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06-17-2007, 12:26 PM

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RE: Retarding the cam question.

Buying the correct piston is building things right......I have to dissagree with you this time. Pistons are made light but strong as possible, take away material on the top and it becomes thinner and weaker there, don't you think the manufacturer would have taken away excess material there if they thought it was safe? Or do you think they thought a heavier piston with excess material was the way to go?

06-17-2007, 01:30 PM

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Joel5.0

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RE: Retarding the cam question.

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Buying the correct piston is building things right......I have to dissagree with you this time. Pistons are made light but strong as possible, take away material on the top and it becomes thinner and weaker there, don't you think the manufacturer would have taken away excess material there if they thought it was safe? Or do you think they thought a heavier piston with excess material was the way to go?

I agree....but you're taking it to the extreme....notching is, and has been, an acceptable (and sometimes required) clearancing procedure even with aftermarket pistons. By the same token, piston manufacturers do not build a product with a nominal crown thickness prone to failure, and provide for those "necessities" in the design.

06-17-2007, 01:31 PM

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Dath

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RE: Retarding the cam question.

That agruement could be made for every aftermarket modification known. If the manufacturers thought *insert any modification* was better they would have come that way stock. Above all else, cost is what drives manufacturers.