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Old 02-27-2008, 03:48 PM
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are keith black pistons blower applicatable???
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Old 02-27-2008, 05:08 PM
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that will depends on more then just the pistons, you need to take your cylinder heads into consideration, and calculate your compression ratio, and then it depends on which KB pistons u have, if your running the hypereutechtics then no i would not run a blower setup with those pistons.
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Old 02-27-2008, 06:11 PM
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you can run some boost with hyper's but i wouldnt go crazy, keeping your compression in check is key so you need to know which pistons you currently have
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Old 02-27-2008, 06:19 PM
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if you want excessive amounts of boost availible to you then forged kb's would bee your best bet
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Old 02-28-2008, 08:36 PM
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you can run some boost with hyper's but i wouldnt go crazy, keeping your compression in check is key so you need to know which pistons you currently have
yes in perfect world you could, but since we all here are human, mistakes can happen and with the loads a boosted application put onto these pistons, with one mishap in a tune even a minor malfunction can cause a crack in the hypers, a more serious detonation problem can actually shatter a hyper piston, save your self the hassle and calm your nerves and stray away from hypers in a boosted/nitrous application
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I good general rule of thumb with blower/turbo applications.

Forged pistons.
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