Re: piston clearance

Posted by fred kanter On 2011/8/25 22:15:49

Tim,

I hardly ever look at our on-line catalog, just took a peek at it. If you can tell if a piston is forged or cast by looking at a low-res online picture then you and I have a business. We'll go out west and you can look at mountains and tell me where the gold, silver and rare earths are .

The photo in the Packard Engine section is a generic photo as with all the years and bores we have pistons for, NOS, NORS and modern repro there are perhaps 100 different types we can supply for Packard alone. The consider Hercules, John Deere,Pontiac, Crosley, Edsel, Essex Erskine... probably 1000 different. We use only one photo, in our Packard catalogs we have no photos. Federal Mogul has no photos either.

Any competent machine shop can build a well balanced motor, there are pistons out there that are way heavier or lighter than original 8,000 rpm on nitromethane