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lw2355 pistons... who can find em! #603277 02/04/10 12:14 AM 02/04/10 12:14 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c... C cragar OP member
cragar OP member C Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c...	soooo, I got a 73 440 motorhome engine with steel crank , sixpack rods and low comp pistons .160 in hole, 213 steamhole heads, internal balance. all standard mint cond! does anyone know where i can get the .030 lw2355 piston?Or when it will be back from backorder?previous posts have gone back 2-3 years!also are these pistons even worth considering for quality? i do not want to balance.is 10 grams overbalance too much? also i have ly's and could go 2266 and still not balance? this combo is still close to original bobwieght by about 10 grams(could grind these rods on small end)that is the material of 2 nickels. this will be stock dimension 452 iron cyl head, no decking.pump gas , premium o.k. This is to keep cost down... no machining.resto to rad used 2266 pistons and comp 275xe, street dominator int, headers and 850 holley,465 horse.go canucks!

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: cragar] #603278 02/04/10 12:30 AM 02/04/10 12:30 AM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 671 Wisconsin USA B Bill MeLater mopar
Bill MeLater mopar B Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 671 Wisconsin USA	If you can find old stock USA made 2355's do it. If you find chinese 2355's walk away. Easy way to weight match is removing material from the pins, VERY hard material but it usually dosen't require much cutting. I have heard rumors that they are attempting to move production to india due to nothing but scrap coming out of china. Check the moparts for sale/e bay/racingjunk, they pop up occasionally.

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: cragar] #603279 02/04/10 12:31 AM 02/04/10 12:31 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,043 U.S.S.A. JohnRR I Win
JohnRR I Win Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 75,043 U.S.S.A.	The factory balance job was not very good , I would plan on having it balanced if you want to do it right . Skip the 2266's , they will be about .090 in the hole, the TRW's are a heavy piston , what's your plan for the engine ?

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: cragar] #603280 02/04/10 12:32 AM 02/04/10 12:32 AM
Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska R RapidRobert Circle Track
RapidRobert Circle Track R Joined: Nov 2003 Posts: 36,041 Lincoln Nebraska	Are you dead set against rebalancing? A set of the right KB's would get you quench and the right CR and quench would let you run a higher CR on the exact same octane but you would have to mill/equalize the open chamber recesses and the quench pads on the KB's but when done the long block would be CORRECT live every 24 hour block of time like it's your last day on earth

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: Bill MeLater] #603281 02/04/10 12:39 AM 02/04/10 12:39 AM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,444 Florida STAYcation dOoC The village idiot's idiot
dOoC The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,444 Florida STAYcation	Quote: If you can find old stock USA made 2355's do it. If you find chinese 2355's walk away. Chinese ? ...when did that happen??

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: cragar] #603282 02/04/10 01:15 AM 02/04/10 01:15 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c... C cragar OP member
cragar OP member C Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c...	its just that the piston is out there supposedly but... did they even make the lw2355(818 gram)in usa?trying to get around 9 to 1 maybe 9.5. the engine is street strip duty, but little use. o.k so any one hear anything good about probe pistons? I could use inverted dome (not full dish).021 in hole 9.29 to 1 comp with open chamber and then if i wanted to ... could install 67 915 with .020 steel shim for .041 quench later! just wondered how the offset inverted dome / open combo would work as far as combustion/ ping issues... still trying to spend no money/ pump regular/premium o.k "resto to rad 2" is the basically stock build up I read.would like to up the compression a tad and come in around 475 horse.The track across the river actually is 10 ft below sea level so air is good.

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: dOoC] #603283 02/04/10 01:19 AM 02/04/10 01:19 AM
Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts
DaytonaTurbo Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 21,318 Manitoba, Canada	Quote: Quote: If you can find old stock USA made 2355's do it. If you find chinese 2355's walk away. Chinese ? ...when did that happen?? A couple years ago.

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: DaytonaTurbo] #603284 02/04/10 06:52 AM 02/04/10 06:52 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,795 Greer, SC TooMany62s top fuel
TooMany62s top fuel Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,795 Greer, SC	When the plant in Malden, MO that made the 2355's was shut down that work was moved to India, not China. Not that it makes a lot of difference....

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: TooMany62s] #603285 02/04/10 11:00 PM 02/04/10 11:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 671 Wisconsin USA B Bill MeLater mopar
Bill MeLater mopar B Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 671 Wisconsin USA	Quote: When the plant in Malden, MO that made the 2355's was shut down that work was moved to India, not China. Not that it makes a lot of difference.... I agree, as I now travel Way further and work sporadically for WAY less money. Please explain the difference (Junk parts aside).

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: Bill MeLater] #603286 02/05/10 12:04 AM 02/05/10 12:04 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c... C cragar OP member
cragar OP member C Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c...	well just looking at any other way ya know... woulda been nice to get era correct USA pistons in there... well I know a guy that is in india as we speak. If the quality wasn't bad i could get him to bring em back... Anyone know where in india the plant is located?This is not my year for Everest base camp.Looks like 2266 and mill the heads...That would be 69 1/2 spec six pack spec then. this is the lw2355 not l2355 I was trying to chase down.I could reuse stock .160 piston and 915 head gets 8.4?thermal detonator from star wars probably with .020 steel. also is there .015 avail?

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: cragar] #603287 02/05/10 12:33 AM 02/05/10 12:33 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,046 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,046 Oregon	I have a set of ten L2295 TRW pistons sitting out in the shop. Probably give you too much compression though for what you're trying to do. 5783459-L2295.jpg (199 downloads)

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: AndyF] #603288 02/05/10 12:42 AM 02/05/10 12:42 AM
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 171 Las Vegas, NV C chargerbr549 member
chargerbr549 member C Joined: May 2008 Posts: 171 Las Vegas, NV	The only place I could find the LW2355F pistons was at PAW, here's a link for them. https://secure.pawengineparts.com/shoppingcart/ShowItem.cfm?itemid=1157&catid=1218 Also if you wanted to goto a lighter wrist pin these Ross pins might work they are on a clearance at 440 source. http://www.440source.com/clearance.htm Last edited by chargerbr549; 02/05/10 12:46 AM.

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: chargerbr549] #603289 02/05/10 01:23 AM 02/05/10 01:23 AM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c... C cragar OP member
cragar OP member C Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c...	was just trying to copycat a good basic combo using what i already have...I have a small scale and the .160 piston came in at 810 g the body shop paint scale said 802g so need 1 more scale... the l2295 would give 10 to 1 with 40 thou gasket.. I have not called paw yet to see if i can get em. I called fast auto parts in florida? they sell 8 pistons for $284. thats $35 there $45 at jeg $66 at paw and $66 canadian at lordco. nobody gots. how much for the 2295 I will consider because I could feed it race gas down at the track and back the timing off for the street... it has to haul some bales to earn its keep around the farm. oh yeah it is one of 74 1978 1/2 ton 440 truck now 14.89 3.21 lsd shiftkit 1 3/4 hedman 2 1/2 ex street dominator 750demon 18 degree initial 260/460 engle.4200 ibs. galen says only one known to exist in canada? who knows.

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: cragar] #603290 02/05/10 03:28 AM 02/05/10 03:28 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,046 Oregon A AndyF I Win
AndyF I Win A Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 31,046 Oregon	I'll sell the set of 10 that I have fairly cheap. They are 0.030 over and used but have been cleaned up for re-use. Probably cost you plenty to ship them into Canada though.

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: AndyF] #603291 02/05/10 06:59 AM 02/05/10 06:59 AM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 671 Wisconsin USA B Bill MeLater mopar
Bill MeLater mopar B Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 671 Wisconsin USA	You could probably buy Andy's pistons and mill 'em flat. The crowns werepretty thick on those heavy b@stards. Don't foget to cut valve reliefs. iirc min. crown thickness should be .180"

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: cragar] #603292 02/05/10 07:29 AM 02/05/10 07:29 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,795 Greer, SC TooMany62s top fuel
TooMany62s top fuel Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,795 Greer, SC	Quote: well just looking at any other way ya know... woulda been nice to get era correct USA pistons in there... well I know a guy that is in india as we speak. If the quality wasn't bad i could get him to bring em back... Anyone know where in india the plant is located?This is not my year for Everest base camp.Looks like 2266 and mill the heads...That would be 69 1/2 spec six pack spec then. this is the lw2355 not l2355 I was trying to chase down.I could reuse stock .160 piston and 915 head gets 8.4?thermal detonator from star wars probably with .020 steel. also is there .015 avail? Here's the India location: http://www.federalmogulgoetzeindia.net/web/patiala.htm

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: cragar] #603293 02/05/10 10:46 AM 02/05/10 10:46 AM
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R/T1968R/T super stock Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 735 New York	I built a few motors with L2295s and milled the dome off completely. I also tried L2266s and decking the block .075! Sounds crazy but it ran great with about .035 quench!I did however notch the pistons.

Re: lw2355 pistons... who can find em! [Re: R/T1968R/T] #603294 02/05/10 11:20 PM 02/05/10 11:20 PM
Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c... C cragar OP member
cragar OP member C Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 6 mission /ashcroft raceways b.c...	The l2295 is too much compression but how much are you asking for them?Too bad i don't have a passport or i could pull an all night bomb the road. I like to see in person.As it is I cannot even buy fuel across the border,we live in a border town.Anyway I could mill them to match the 802 gram weight. Way to go 911, can't even have fun now... L2266 gives how much valve lift? don't wanna custom cut piston. l2266, 020 gskt,mill head 020 thats 8.9-9.0?will not be milling this block if can be avoided.july 17 1972 casting.

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