Piston Selection
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St. Jude Donor '17-'18
Piston Selection
I just recieved the prognosis from my mechanic - My pistons in my 92 are toast...
My question is this - which ones should I replace them with? The engine is a Lingenfelter 383, and I run nitrous...
My question is this - which ones should I replace them with? The engine is a Lingenfelter 383, and I run nitrous...
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by mtnman
I just recieved the prognosis from my mechanic - My pistons in my 92 are toast...
My question is this - which ones should I replace them with? The engine is a Lingenfelter 383, and I run nitrous...
My question is this - which ones should I replace them with? The engine is a Lingenfelter 383, and I run nitrous...
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St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by cprgmr
JE forged blower pistons
Melting Slicks
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I am not sure why you would run a blower piston unless you are trying to shave a bunch of compression or you have a super small combustion chamer cylinder head. I would recommend JE, SRP/JE or Ross pistons only because I have run these pistons in high powered nitrous engines and they have all worked great. A word of caution...make sure you are 100% sure which rod you have before you order your pistons because Lingenfelter built a ton of engines with a 5.850 rod length combination. If you are using lots of nitrous also consider a piston specifically designed for nitrous use (Ring lowered). If you are doing a rebuild I highly recommend you invest in Cometics head gaskets.
Happy hot rodding!
Happy hot rodding!
Last edited by NitrousSam; Jun 22, 2005 at 10:57 PM.
