piston questions
#1
piston questions
Hey,
so I have created a problem for myself out of sheer stupidity. I am in the process of fitting my 87 302 w/ a set of edelbrock heads with the 2.02 inch valves. Now, as I said, because of my own stupidity, in attempting to notch the piston for clearance like I knew I was supposed to...on one of the pistons, I removed quite a bit more than I should have because i'm an idiot. (of course I had to remove an equivalent ammount on the opposite piston for ballancing purposes...but that's another can of worms...) what I am concerned about is whether I removed enough to materially weaken the piston. I had a factory notched piston out of another 302, and I measured. my notch is 1/16 inch deeper than that notch. now my question is, should I just put it back together and give it a shot...or do I really need to just replace the pistons. obviously that's a lot more expensive than I really want...but I need an honest opinion. if replace...does anyone have suggestions for an affordable set of pistons that will come already notched? I'm not looking for SUPER high performance or anything... any advice would be helpful!
so I have created a problem for myself out of sheer stupidity. I am in the process of fitting my 87 302 w/ a set of edelbrock heads with the 2.02 inch valves. Now, as I said, because of my own stupidity, in attempting to notch the piston for clearance like I knew I was supposed to...on one of the pistons, I removed quite a bit more than I should have because i'm an idiot. (of course I had to remove an equivalent ammount on the opposite piston for ballancing purposes...but that's another can of worms...) what I am concerned about is whether I removed enough to materially weaken the piston. I had a factory notched piston out of another 302, and I measured. my notch is 1/16 inch deeper than that notch. now my question is, should I just put it back together and give it a shot...or do I really need to just replace the pistons. obviously that's a lot more expensive than I really want...but I need an honest opinion. if replace...does anyone have suggestions for an affordable set of pistons that will come already notched? I'm not looking for SUPER high performance or anything... any advice would be helpful!
#9
RE: piston questions
ORIGINAL: TheOther77stang
wow, your signature is surprisingly accurate. no, obviously I did not. but that's irrelevant to my question.
wow, your signature is surprisingly accurate. no, obviously I did not. but that's irrelevant to my question.
#10
RE: piston questions
yeah...I'm not so worried about slightly lower compression...I know that's going to be the case, but since like I said I'm not really going for super high performance, as long as it doesn't cause the piston to fail, I'll count myself blessed. I'll see about a pick...though it's hard to see the actual size of the relief cause it is shiny and reflects the light while the rest of the piston doesn't...which is why I tried to measure it.