Re: Kanter Deluxe Kit for V8

Posted by Parts Wizard On 2008/7/21 9:56:03

Yes, Egge Machine does cast and machine all of their pistons. A piston made by Egge in the 80's I could see how a piston with .006 runout from wrist pin to top could have gotten through inspection as back in the 80's Egge did not realy have a quality inspection. Every piston that Egge makes today has to make it through a quality inspection. The tolerance for the wrist pin paralelism has to be less than .002 or the piston is rejected.Every step in the manufacturing of a piston is inspected and must meet all tolernces or they are rejected. All of the materials & machines used to make a piston today are better than anything Egge had back in the 80's. The reason the V8 Packard pistons do not have a steel strut is that the mold used for this piston can not use a steel strut. As long as you used Egge's recommended clearance (.0025 to .003)you will not have problems.