Re: Collapsed skirts on used pistons

Posted by HH56 On 2016/12/15 14:57:25

Starting to sound like there is no reasonable approach and anyone with a 374 needs to baby them, park them or be prepared to shell out big $$ when time for a rebuild. How much would one add to a Egge or Kanter piston rebuild vs the custom forged piston route? Another question might be if nothing is made that is close to a 374 and there is not much demand, how long are custom pistons going to be available.

I'll show more of my ignorance here but am curious -- can anything be done to a piston with the pin holes and location or is that area too reinforced or maybe not have much extra metal around the holes? For example, could something like the 413 piston with an incorrect pin to deck distance have the pin location holes bored a bit larger and at the same time offcentered lower. If it could be bored are there such things as oversized thick wall bushings which could be installed to accommodate the Packard size pin? The oversized and offset hole would raise the deck height to take care of the compression issue at the same time. Could something like that be done on an individual basis at a less than custom forged piston cost.