Piston Skirt ????Good or not so good??

[glengine]

Yah the Rk tek drop in kit works well.. i beleive that ken at specialty sleds has a couple of the kits in stock.. the thing to remeber though is that if you put a drop in kit in that you are buying two pistons as well as a head in the kit.. if your buying just piston i'd go with the BRP ones as they work really well, there are ones out there that are cheaper but in my opinoin the brp ones i like best.

 

[Modman]

And the conerversal ??? What pistons should a guy through in? Stock, aftermarket or some form of drop in kit?

The preferred pistons are cast pistons as they are more dimensionally stable than forged pistons. If you can find a good cast piston, throw it in. Typically OEM's are cast, and they cost more money. Forged are typically cheaper (more cost efficient to produce). Forged pistons need more clearance to expand than oem's.

 

[Scotty]

Yeah what this dude says.LOL Oh and just my opinion here, replace those pistons as it is apart, replace your base gasket as they dont always like to seal twice and well its just my experience with head orings but they do like to swell when you take the head off and reomve them from the cylinders so id replace those to, they are cheap insurance.

Hey Deano... good points The head orings get stretched or swell like you said. Instead of replacing them, if they're in fine shape, throw them in the freezer . They shrink like crazy. Then when your ready to reassemble, they're nice and tight. Saves about 25 bucks.. thats a case of suds!! Been there done that.

 

[Slamnek]

Put the rk-tek's in. work good in my sled.

 

[Deano670]

Hey Deano... good points The head orings get stretched or swell like you said. Instead of replacing them, if they're in fine shape, throw them in the freezer . They shrink like crazy. Then when your ready to reassemble, they're nice and tight. Saves about 25 bucks.. thats a case of suds!! Been there done that.

Silly me i forgot about the sud aspect of the job LMAO. TO THE FREEZER:d