Re: V8 Piston possibilities.

Posted by PackardV8 On 2009/2/27 22:21:37

To answer your question:

IIRC the $800 pistons comming available is only in SETS????? What if u only need ONE piston??? Have to buy a set to get it????? Rings extra??? Pin issues???? What if u get into an engine that has only ONE oversize or some varied oversizes. Not everyone is so picky and mite only need ONE piston for one overbore. MoPar did it in production among others. What oversizes available on the Packard pistons????? Std. thru .030 over???? Chev's avaialable up thru .060 maybe even .125 over????

The Chev pistons are relatively dirt cheap, plentiful and definately have stood the test of time.

IIRC someone indicated a few months ago some concern about Packard rods, something about 3hree different rods found in an engine and trying to pic a matching set from 4our different engines, varied weight of rods, replacement rod inserts from china-rica, rings and pins extra, oversize pins etc etc etc.

Custom rods could use a readily available bearing shell???

So, $800 for pistons, $100 for inserts made in Istanbul and desperate search for OEM rods,rings and pins extra, oversize pins and balancing and so-forth adds up to what???? $1000 ?????

For another $500 - $600 why not have the Oliver rods and readily available pistons at a cheap price and KNOWN inserts??? AND THE rods WILL NOT BREAK under even severe service.