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Re: Building a 1996 Magnum 360 ? about pistons
[Re: Dakotamecrazy]
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11/09/15 02:49 AM
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Hard to beat the mahle, they are much nicer (hard anodized, very light weight because of the struted design on the bottom side much like a formula 1 or nascar piston)than icon and come with rings.
I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!
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Re: Building a 1996 Magnum 360 ? about pistons
[Re: Dakotamecrazy]
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11/09/15 03:05 AM
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I prefer the wiseco pistons, i had great success with SRP pistons but i started to use more nitrous than they could handle. I know wiseco offersd a shelf piston in the better 2618 material and I believe they come hard coated. My custom wiseco pistons are SWEET!! and are gas ported and hard coated.
2000 Dakota R/T, 408 magnum, 727, Indy heads 1000cfm 4150 carb, 93 octane fuel. motor; 10.258 @ 132.78 200 shot; 9.262 @ 144.69 racemagnum
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Re: Building a 1996 Magnum 360 ? about pistons
[Re: slammedR/T]
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11/09/15 06:37 PM
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Mahle. then Icon, then Probe is how I would rank them. Icon pistons are the forged variety of United Engine and Machine's Silv-o-lite/Keith Black/Icon lineup.
If you were looking for a really special piston you'd not be looking for a kit anyhow. I don't believe the block can take what an Icon piston can. (or a JE/SRP or Ross or Wiseco/ProTru or CP or RaceTech) or a Speed-Pro for that matter.
There was a time when the only forged pistons one could find were TRWs or Arias or Venolia or ForgedTrue, maybe a couple4 others, but they didn't have complete product lines and cost a fortune, except the TRWs. So you'd buy a TRW if it was available for your engine and you could possibly send them to a guy who'd machine some weight out of them. The idea of a lightweight forging available in all sorts of configurations off the shelf was pie-in-the-sky, we never believed it was possible.
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Re: Building a 1996 Magnum 360 ? about pistons
[Re: dogdays]
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11/09/15 09:04 PM
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slammedR/T
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Mahle. then Icon, then Probe is how I would rank them. Icon pistons are the forged variety of United Engine and Machine's Silv-o-lite/Keith Black/Icon lineup.
If you were looking for a really special piston you'd not be looking for a kit anyhow. I don't believe the block can take what an Icon piston can. (or a JE/SRP or Ross or Wiseco/ProTru or CP or RaceTech) or a Speed-Pro for that matter.
There was a time when the only forged pistons one could find were TRWs or Arias or Venolia or ForgedTrue, maybe a couple4 others, but they didn't have complete product lines and cost a fortune, except the TRWs. So you'd buy a TRW if it was available for your engine and you could possibly send them to a guy who'd machine some weight out of them. The idea of a lightweight forging available in all sorts of configurations off the shelf was pie-in-the-sky, we never believed it was possible.
R. I know for 100% fact that stock magnum block could handle what a custom piston would. I'm at 815whp on factory stock block and still kicking it.
2000 Dakota R/T, 408 magnum, 727, Indy heads 1000cfm 4150 carb, 93 octane fuel. motor; 10.258 @ 132.78 200 shot; 9.262 @ 144.69 racemagnum
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Re: Building a 1996 Magnum 360 ? about pistons
[Re: Dakotamecrazy]
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11/10/15 11:24 AM
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Everybody has there preference. I like CP, but Mahle, etc are all good. Don't waste your money on gas ports for a street driver. They will be plugged with carbon in just a few hundred miles.
Still think it is amazing slammedR/T is putting that amount of power through a stock magnum block and it lives!
Craig Scholl CJD Automotive, LLC Jacksonville, FL www.CJDAUTOMOTIVE.com904-400-1802 "I own a Mopar. I already know it won't be in stock, won't ship tomorrow, and won't fit without modification"
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Re: Building a 1996 Magnum 360 ? about pistons
[Re: Dakotamecrazy]
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11/10/15 03:54 PM
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The bottom end is a lot like a T/A block on the magnum, certainly can take more than a normal LA block.
I am not causing global warming, I am just trying to hold off a impending Ice Age!
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