m1ndless
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My friend has the same engine and is wondering which ones are best for a 350.
Hypernumatic
or
Flat Top
or
Dual Core
???
Hypernumatic
or
Flat Top
or
Dual Core
???
CK5
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What are the best pistons for off roading?
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K5dreamer
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the pistons you select arent really decided on by what youre going to be doing with the car or truck, but by how the engine is designed.
Generally speaking i reccomend a flat top piston or a dish. avoid domes if at all possible. not because of the risk of valve contact but because a domed piston inturrupts flame front propogation and wont be as efficient as a flat top or dished piston. if you run a dished piston, look into a D shaped dish, that keeps a flat piston crown that will match up with the quench area on the cylender head. by maintaining this quench youll keep up chamber turbulance and combustion efficiency.
im not sure what you mean by a dual core piston, that might be a technology that has come out that im not familiar with.
as for the hypereutetic pistons (more than 12.5% silicon) the main benifit is that those pistons expand less, allowing tighter piston to wall clearances, but they are more brittle, so if they run into high rpms, lots of boost, or detonation they are more likley to fail.
forged pistons are much stronger, but tend to expand more requiring looser piston to wall clearance, which can cause blow by and piston rocking when the engine is running cold.
to really recomend a set of pistons, we'd need to know what engine you were building, compression, expected rpm performance range, power adders, and all that jazz.
Generally speaking i reccomend a flat top piston or a dish. avoid domes if at all possible. not because of the risk of valve contact but because a domed piston inturrupts flame front propogation and wont be as efficient as a flat top or dished piston. if you run a dished piston, look into a D shaped dish, that keeps a flat piston crown that will match up with the quench area on the cylender head. by maintaining this quench youll keep up chamber turbulance and combustion efficiency.
im not sure what you mean by a dual core piston, that might be a technology that has come out that im not familiar with.
as for the hypereutetic pistons (more than 12.5% silicon) the main benifit is that those pistons expand less, allowing tighter piston to wall clearances, but they are more brittle, so if they run into high rpms, lots of boost, or detonation they are more likley to fail.
forged pistons are much stronger, but tend to expand more requiring looser piston to wall clearance, which can cause blow by and piston rocking when the engine is running cold.
to really recomend a set of pistons, we'd need to know what engine you were building, compression, expected rpm performance range, power adders, and all that jazz.
m1ndless
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My friend must have been just messing with me for the dual core . hahaha thanks!!
He wants to know if he should get chrome one since they resist heat better?
how much power will it add with new pistons?
He wants to know if he should get chrome one since they resist heat better?
how much power will it add with new pistons?
4xcrazy
3/4 ton status
enough to spin the tires,,, 
appropriate piston pullback springs are recommended...
m1ndless
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ryoken said:
Do I look Retarded or something? I paid 25 bucks for this crap? Lol
Just bustin nuts...
m1ndless
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I know, I am asking this for my buddy though, so I was looking for real answers haha.
K5dreamer
1/2 ton status
the ammount of power added by a set of pistons again is hard to predict because there are so many variables.
as for the chromed pistons, im thinking he meant chromolly, which is a type of alloy, and not a coating.
if you want a set of pistons that will reflect the heat, you want a set of pistons with a special thermal reflective coating on the piston crown. to be ideal you would also have your combustion chamber, exhaust port, and valve faces coated in the same thermal reflective coating. Mahle offers a set of pistons already set up with flat tops, thermal coatings on the crown, and anti friction coatings on the piston skirts. although the cylender bores need to be rehoned to take the added thickness of the pistons.
again, if you would like some more specific details on what pistons to get, i would need to know how much overbored the 350 was, if you were keeping the same 3.48 in stroke, what heads you are running, how thick your head gaskets are gonna be, what length rods he is running, and all that jazz.
i cannot stress enough the fact that you cant just order a set of pistons and throw them into an engine build, there are several things you HAVE to take into account to make sure you do the job right.
as for the chromed pistons, im thinking he meant chromolly, which is a type of alloy, and not a coating.
if you want a set of pistons that will reflect the heat, you want a set of pistons with a special thermal reflective coating on the piston crown. to be ideal you would also have your combustion chamber, exhaust port, and valve faces coated in the same thermal reflective coating. Mahle offers a set of pistons already set up with flat tops, thermal coatings on the crown, and anti friction coatings on the piston skirts. although the cylender bores need to be rehoned to take the added thickness of the pistons.
again, if you would like some more specific details on what pistons to get, i would need to know how much overbored the 350 was, if you were keeping the same 3.48 in stroke, what heads you are running, how thick your head gaskets are gonna be, what length rods he is running, and all that jazz.
i cannot stress enough the fact that you cant just order a set of pistons and throw them into an engine build, there are several things you HAVE to take into account to make sure you do the job right.
Well, K5dreamer pretty much covered everything... There's your $25 investment paying for itself...
m1ndless
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Hahah thanks. I will get back to you guys.
pistons don't really add power vs. another set of pistons of different material. The difference is in compression ratio, a different set of pistons can make more power, but doing so by raising the compression.m1ndless said:
Think of it as rods, there are a bunch of styles and materials used for rods that are for a big block Chevy, but one doesn't make any more HP over the other. They are hard parts designed a certain way to handle the load of higher HP made by compression, heads, camshaft, and/or forced induction.
Not more susceptible. Hypereutectics ARE somewhat brittle by nature, if they fail they will likely shatter. Cast probably wouldn't hold up any better *under the same circumstances*. May not shatter, but if you are asking the piston to do something beyond it's capabilities, it's going to fail.
Plenty of hyper pistons being used pretty hard. Unsure what the OEM's are using now.
There is no reason to use cast pistons anymore. Either use hyper's or forged depending on what the motor is being asked to do. Hypers are as cheap or cheaper than cast anymore.
Plenty of hyper pistons being used pretty hard. Unsure what the OEM's are using now.
There is no reason to use cast pistons anymore. Either use hyper's or forged depending on what the motor is being asked to do. Hypers are as cheap or cheaper than cast anymore.
K5dreamer
1/2 ton status
generally the deal is hypers are for stock to mild performance, and forged are for fire breathers. as for the grey area in between, thats a situation by situation thing that would need to be addressed.
NoReGrEtS
1/2 ton status
here is my hyper flat top w/coated skirts
DEMON44
Low-Tech Redneck
Heres my Forged JE blower slugs............for BBC though 
BUT WAIT! what's this............. 8 friends?!?!
Brooks Aluminum rods...........for the BBC. still haven't bought a crank yet......been to involved with the Cummins bombing
blazin_blazer
1/2 ton status
mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmm!
NoReGrEtS
1/2 ton status
puts mine to shameDEMON44 said:
BUT WAIT! what's this............. 8 friends?!?!
Brooks Aluminum rods...........for the BBC. still haven't bought a crank yet......been to involved with the Cummins bombing
OOOOOO BEEF!!!!!!
I want some specs
