Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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A lot of them are 20-40 in the hole stock. Some even more. I sure wouldn’t make any big decisions till pulling the heads. Stock pistons at .040" in the hole would put the currnet engine at about 8.5:1 compression (assuming 90cc heads).
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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the stock pistons in my '68 road runner were very close to zero deck with nothing touched. 2315's will be close to .010" below the deck. I have never seen off the shelf pistons for a 383 that was .010 below, they have been .040 or more that I have seen Check this CLICKHERE
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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the stock pistons in my '68 road runner were very close to zero deck with nothing touched. 2315's will be close to .010" below the deck. Same here. The stock pistons in my '69 Bee were about .005 in the hole.
1968 Charger R/T, 440 Auto, GG1; 1969 Super Bee, 383, 4-speed, T5; 1969.5 Road Runner, 440-6, 4-speed, 96; 1970 Duster 340, 4-speed, EV2; 1970 Charger R/T SE, 440 (496), Auto, EB3; 1970 Dart Swinger 340 (416), 4-speed, EV2; 1970 Corvette coupe, LS5, 4-speed, Daytona yellow; 2000 Corvette coupe, LS1, 6-speed, Twin Turbo, Torch red.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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the stock pistons in my '68 road runner were very close to zero deck with nothing touched. 2315's will be close to .010" below the deck. I have never seen off the shelf pistons for a 383 that was .010 below, they have been .040 or more that I have seen Check this CLICKHERE stock '68's were +.020" out of the hole when decked to nhra specs. the 2315's I did for a friend were about .010" below the deck in a stock un-milled block. IIRC the '68 piston has a 1.935 pin height. KB's are 1.908, 2315's are 1.915 IIRC, generic 8:1's are 1.86 IIRC.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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the stock pistons in my '68 road runner were very close to zero deck with nothing touched. 2315's will be close to .010" below the deck. I have never seen off the shelf pistons for a 383 that was .010 below, they have been .040 or more that I have seen Check this CLICKHERE Compression height on a stock 383 piston is 1.934 (for '68 and '69). The compression height for the speed pro 2315 pistons is 1.92. 2315 link. So if no machine work is done the 2315s will be .014 further in the hole than the stock pistons.
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1968 Charger R/T, 440 Auto, GG1; 1969 Super Bee, 383, 4-speed, T5; 1969.5 Road Runner, 440-6, 4-speed, 96; 1970 Duster 340, 4-speed, EV2; 1970 Charger R/T SE, 440 (496), Auto, EB3; 1970 Dart Swinger 340 (416), 4-speed, EV2; 1970 Corvette coupe, LS5, 4-speed, Daytona yellow; 2000 Corvette coupe, LS1, 6-speed, Twin Turbo, Torch red.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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the stock pistons in my '68 road runner were very close to zero deck with nothing touched. 2315's will be close to .010" below the deck. I have never seen off the shelf pistons for a 383 that was .010 below, they have been .040 or more that I have seen Check this CLICKHERE stock '68's were +.020" out of the hole when decked to nhra specs. the 2315's I did for a friend were about .010" below the deck in a stock un-milled block. IIRC the '68 piston has a 1.935 pin height. KB's are 1.908, 2315's are 1.915 IIRC, generic 8:1's are 1.86 IIRC. I knew the hp 68.69 had + or close deck, I was referring to replacement pistons [Shelf pistons] that said I still dont recall the 2315 being that close to the deck, BUT I have been wrong at least once in my life.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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the stock pistons in my '68 road runner were very close to zero deck with nothing touched. 2315's will be close to .010" below the deck. I have never seen off the shelf pistons for a 383 that was .010 below, they have been .040 or more that I have seen Check this CLICKHERE stock '68's were +.020" out of the hole when decked to nhra specs. the 2315's I did for a friend were about .010" below the deck in a stock un-milled block. IIRC the '68 piston has a 1.935 pin height. KB's are 1.908, 2315's are 1.915 IIRC, generic 8:1's are 1.86 IIRC. I knew the hp 68.69 had + or close deck, I was referring to replacement pistons [Shelf pistons] that said I still dont recall the 2315 being that close to the deck, BUT I have been wrong at least once in my life. I was surprised at the deck height with the 2315. they would make a good street performance piston with zero deck easy; down side no valve reliefs. pretty sure the '68-'69 piston is no longer available.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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You may want to talk to member mike s. IIRC he had zero deck 383 pistons available.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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OK, I know that piston choice sucks for the 383 with stock heads but my best option seems to be the Speed Pro 2315. I have been told that these have a slightly shorter compression height than stock (~.014"). So that will put this piston ~.014" further down in the hole than my stock pistons.
Million dollar question: How far down in the hole are my stock '69 383 pistons in my Roadrunner?
Now, I know what some will say... "there all over the map!!" and I understand that I'm just looking for an average WAG, .005", .020" or ??? Piston choice does not suck. The 2315 is a good replacement. Depending on what your goal is, you can get it to zero deck pretty easy and use a aftermarket head of your choosing and have good quench with a 0.040" head gasket. Or cut less, and use a thinner gasket to get the quench. Valve to piston will become an issue with bigger cams. The best piston IMO is the ICON IC687. It will requiring decking to get it to zero (if that's what you want) but has valve reliefs and a slight dome (4.5 cc) so you can get to 9.5 CR easily and not worry about piston to valve. I've owned and have been around several 68/69 383s. They come in betweem zero (0.000") and 0.005" below the deck.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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why not just call Diamond and have a set made? Mostly becaust for what the OP is doing, it would not be any better than the IC687, and probably cost almost twice as much.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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OK, I know that piston choice sucks for the 383 with stock heads but my best option seems to be the Speed Pro 2315. I have been told that these have a slightly shorter compression height than stock (~.014"). So that will put this piston ~.014" further down in the hole than my stock pistons.
Million dollar question: How far down in the hole are my stock '69 383 pistons in my Roadrunner?
Now, I know what some will say... "there all over the map!!" and I understand that I'm just looking for an average WAG, .005", .020" or ??? Piston choice does not suck. The 2315 is a good replacement. Depending on what your goal is, you can get it to zero deck pretty easy and use a aftermarket head of your choosing and have good quench with a 0.040" head gasket. Or cut less, and use a thinner gasket to get the quench. Valve to piston will become an issue with bigger cams. The best piston IMO is the ICON IC687. It will requiring decking to get it to zero (if that's what you want) but has valve reliefs and a slight dome (4.5 cc) so you can get to 9.5 CR easily and not worry about piston to valve. I've owned and have been around several 68/69 383s. They come in betweem zero (0.000") and 0.005" below the deck. Good to know.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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OK, I know that piston choice sucks for the 383 with stock heads but my best option seems to be the Speed Pro 2315. I have been told that these have a slightly shorter compression height than stock (~.014"). So that will put this piston ~.014" further down in the hole than my stock pistons.
Million dollar question: How far down in the hole are my stock '69 383 pistons in my Roadrunner?
Now, I know what some will say... "there all over the map!!" and I understand that I'm just looking for an average WAG, .005", .020" or ??? Piston choice does not suck. The 2315 is a good replacement. Depending on what your goal is, you can get it to zero deck pretty easy and use a aftermarket head of your choosing and have good quench with a 0.040" head gasket. Or cut less, and use a thinner gasket to get the quench. Valve to piston will become an issue with bigger cams. The best piston IMO is the ICON IC687. It will requiring decking to get it to zero (if that's what you want) but has valve reliefs and a slight dome (4.5 cc) so you can get to 9.5 CR easily and not worry about piston to valve. I've owned and have been around several 68/69 383s. They come in betweem zero (0.000") and 0.005" below the deck. My engine is matching numbers so I don't want to deck the block and loose the numbers on the pad. Even without decking these pistons show a bump of about 0.2:1 over the 2315's. Definitely an option.
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Re: Piston depth in hole - '69 Roadrunner
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OK, I know that piston choice sucks for the 383 with stock heads but my best option seems to be the Speed Pro 2315. I have been told that these have a slightly shorter compression height than stock (~.014"). So that will put this piston ~.014" further down in the hole than my stock pistons.
Million dollar question: How far down in the hole are my stock '69 383 pistons in my Roadrunner?
Now, I know what some will say... "there all over the map!!" and I understand that I'm just looking for an average WAG, .005", .020" or ??? Piston choice does not suck. The 2315 is a good replacement. Depending on what your goal is, you can get it to zero deck pretty easy and use a aftermarket head of your choosing and have good quench with a 0.040" head gasket. Or cut less, and use a thinner gasket to get the quench. Valve to piston will become an issue with bigger cams. The best piston IMO is the ICON IC687. It will requiring decking to get it to zero (if that's what you want) but has valve reliefs and a slight dome (4.5 cc) so you can get to 9.5 CR easily and not worry about piston to valve. I've owned and have been around several 68/69 383s. They come in betweem zero (0.000") and 0.005" below the deck. My engine is matching numbers so I don't want to deck the block and loose the numbers on the pad. Even without decking these pistons show a bump of about 0.2:1 over the 2315's. Definitely an option. I did a matching numbers 383 a few years ago and didn't want to mill the block although it really needed it. used the 2315 piston with 84cc 906's and a fel pro 8519 gasket. also used a summit 6400 cam, stock intake/carb, re-curved stock distributor. no detonation and drives very nicely.
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