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05-14-2009, 03:33 PM

alboy91lx

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piston?

so i pulled the head off to do a head gasket and i noticed the piston has so markings on them... they say L2455 75mm... are these stock?

05-14-2009, 03:35 PM

alboy91lx

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oh ya this is a pic of the pistons...

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05-14-2009, 04:50 PM

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Ummm, those aren't stock pistons to the best of my knowledge. The stockers are dished.

05-14-2009, 07:19 PM

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SpeedPro .030 flattops. They raise your compression around 2 points. If you keep 'em you're just begging for trouble! They need to go away!

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...M&autoview=sku

05-14-2009, 07:41 PM

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whats wrong with them besides more compression? cant i just run less boost and make the same power?

05-14-2009, 10:10 PM

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whats wrong with them besides more compression? cant i just run less boost and make the same power?

Is that a serious question?

05-14-2009, 11:41 PM

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In these engines? no, sorry but those pistons are just asking for trouble

05-14-2009, 11:55 PM

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om well since there pistons are 3.810 and stock is 3.800 do i just need to buy new pistons... i have stock pistons lying around can i make them work? so these pistons are probley the reason i couldnt get the thing to run good withut it knocking...

05-15-2009, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by alboy91lx

om well since there pistons are 3.810 and stock is 3.800 do i just need to buy new pistons... i have stock pistons lying around can i make them work? so these pistons are probably the reason i couldnt get the thing to run good without it knocking...

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