Can I swap pistons
10-22-2012, 10:34 AM
#1
Can I swap pistons I have a 408 with 32cc dish pistons in it, i'm an Nitrous guy. Can I put new pistons in it and rering it and call it a day? I assume the crank is balenced on its own, the rods match in weight just like the piston. Is that correct or do they ballence the hole rotating assemble together?
10-22-2012, 11:42 AM
#2
Short answer: No. You will at a minimum want/need to re-balance it when you swap to a flat-top or less dished pistons. If you go with the same brand and same bore size pistons, you can likely use those new rings though.
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10-22-2012, 01:07 PM
#3
The motor has about 4k on it. Can I stip it down and give the crank, rods, new pistons to a shop and have them balence it and just reassemble? All I should have to do is file fit the rings, all the bearing gaps etc should be ok from the previous build?
