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Re: Keep stock pistons and rods or change?
[Re: The70RTChallenge]
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01/08/10 10:56 AM
01/08/10 10:56 AM
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RapidRobert
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I was gonna suggest rering it & go until I read your sig the "high horsepower" part. How far in the hole are they? I'd say probably have to pony up for the pistons and rods are cheap now & can probably get a set for less than 200. Dont forget to balance.
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Re: Keep stock pistons and rods or change?
[Re: THESHAKERPROJECT]
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01/08/10 11:34 AM
01/08/10 11:34 AM
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MoparforLife
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You can use the stock pistons and rods and just hone and rering as long as you dont have too much taper. Use a small cam (Crower 32242)pocket ported heads, Eddy perf RPM and 800 Thunder series carb and a set of good headers and you will have all the power you will need.
I fully agree and have done it many times and they will last for ever, even with weekend racing.
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Re: Keep stock pistons and rods or change?
[Re: moparpoolman]
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01/08/10 01:08 PM
01/08/10 01:08 PM
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I'm doing a 73 440 and have to chage the pistons to bring up the compression. Not sure what a 72 has but a 73 is too low to get good power out of it. Good pistons at a reasonable price are out there, I run Keith Blacks.
Good point, so i guess that throws out the idea the other guys had...
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