86 5.0L

So as many members on here have the same problem as me with these damn flat top pistons, I was wondering if I could get some from an 87-92 engine and swap'em, seems too easy and probably wont work but I'd just thought of throwing it out there [&:]

bouchermb

I'd just go with something aftermarket.

Either that, or if you're doing it becuz you're buying heads, just go with TF heads and you don't have to worry about it.

AdderMk2

$800 gets you a new shortblock.... $350 more gets you forged pistons... $185 more gets you any aftermarket cam.. INSTALLED

just something to think about

86 5.0L

[] lol, I was thinking of a budget way of diong it lol

88blackgt

go w/ just some aftermarket pistons if you have the money, the TRW slugs arent even true "forged" pistons

WhiteFoxGT

Buy a set of DSS Pro-X's and be done with it.

AdderMk2

so your going to disassemble your motor, which means you have to pull it and have it honed out. not bored, just honed, so you can get the cylinders roughed up for new rings...

while its out, why not replace your main and con bearings?, what about your cam bearings? Whos going to do the assembling? How much are the new pistons going to cost you?

put a lil more thought into it, and youll see that MY way, ends up being a smarter choice. Although it may cost a little bit more, you get a professionally built 306-308, and you just have to drop it in and bolt stuff to it.

tinman

88blackgt; Could you tell me why the TRW's are not a 'true' forged piston?
Pistons are either forged or cast and that includes the hypereutectic types.......

88blackgt

forged pistons are made from a solid block of metal. they are pressed while being heated and cooled, into a very dense smaller block. from there they are machined(cut) into the shape of a piston.

cast pistons are poured into a mold, then cooled.

trw pistons are actually a high pressure die cast that is then high pressure formed under a heat process

AdderMk2

THAT, I did not know!