Hey folks,

I'm planning out a built motor and have been shopping around for pistons. I've seen several sets of CP's from the Saleen Extremes for a decent price, but wanted to check in with those who may have more experience than I do on whether or not they will work in my block. I'm going to have to have the block machined and the cylinders will most likely be bored .10 or .20 over, so I just want to be sure I'm selecting the correct size pistons for the block. I'd like to avoid any clearance issues, naturally, so if anyone can point me in the right direction, that'd be awesome.

Thanks in advance,

Kris

 

Call Chris at BBR. He helped my out on my rotating assembly. And .20 over is probably your best bet.

 

I would recommend going as small as you can, in case something were to happen you could still get another rebuild out of it instead of sleeving or replacing a block. Mahle makes a good piston

 

If it were me I would also suggest going .010 over and if a mistake was made than .020 is your next step. Of course being a toolmaker for a really long time (35 yrs) teaches you things like this the hard way!!!!

 

you mean like measure twice and cut once...

better than the ol' joke about the (eastern european) that cut the board twice...
and its STILL too dang short!

 

Ha Ha....wise old man... the answer is "YES"

 

Nothing wrong with sleeving a block if you blow something up.

 

Nothing wrong with it, if you've got a couple G's to blow through. Darton quoted me $2400-3k to do a big bore sleeve.

 

lol wtf? It was $200 at Proline. They're kinda well known too....

 

Whatever you say oh god of the mod motor, that includes the price of the sleeves as well? I guess I'm to particular when it comes to quality.

 

ONE sleeve. Not 8. If you trash 8 cylinders, get a new block, a new shop, and a new tuner.

 

Think that fact might of been overlooked


Back to the topic at hand

 

Somebody grew a stick up their *** in my absence.

 

Standard bore = 3.552"
Of course....020" over would be 3.572" and I really don't recommend going .030" over but it can be done on N/A engines. The Saleen kits seen on Ebay are very good but they are all standard bore so you will need a VERY low mileage block or a new block. The only way to find out if your block will work with them is to measure the bores before you buy a kit.