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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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Here is a few engine pictures that we took after removing it from a C6. We had nothing to do with it, until this point. This is one of the worst ones we have seen. It was a stock bottom end with a pretty aggresive head and cam package. It was at the road race track when it went away. We are thinking piston failure. The customer asked "How are you going to prevent this from happening again" I told him "We spent about 1400 bucks of your money on the best piston we can get"

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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 01:55 PM
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Pretty nasty. Is that a ceramic coating on the new piston?
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Pretty nasty. Is that a ceramic coating on the new piston?
Yea, We do a ceramic on top and a anti-friction on the side shirts.

LS2 BTW.

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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 02:10 PM
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Wow, nasty indeed.
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A little JB Weld... it'll be good as new.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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Yard Sale!!!

I hope the original builder doesn't con too many others before going out of business.
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Old Aug 28, 2009 | 03:33 PM
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1400 just for pistons? damn! that's nuts!
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Originally Posted by mirage2991
1400 just for pistons? damn! that's nuts!
Pistons, rings, pins, locks, coating, and balancing. We have pistons made by JE for 95 percent of our builds.

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Does it need a new block ? Looks bad .
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Ouch!!!!!!!!
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