355 Pistons?
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355 Pistons?
Need help here and new to the LT1 scene. I'm looking to get some pistons for my 355 but know which ones to go with. I'm going to reuse my stock crank and rods. So any advise?
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Mahle forged power pack. It comes with rings and they're pretty good pistons for a close to stock rebuild. I'd also get some ARP rod bolts and have them resized. Those rod bolts are one of the weakest links in the stock rotating assembly.
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Originally Posted by The stunningman
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seawolf06...I was looking at the Mahle forged power pack on Flatlander Racing and it seems to be what I was looking for. Goes for about $500 which is not bad. Thanks
Any others?
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Get the mahles I posted the exact same question about 2 weeks ago and heard very good things about the mahles. The are also the lightest you will find next to JE. I am running a scat 6" i-beam rod with mine and stock crank, and having the assembly fully balanced. also flatlander has them for the best price that i could find.
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Is this the kit your talking about?> http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
seawolf06...I was looking at the Mahle forged power pack on Flatlander Racing and it seems to be what I was looking for. Goes for about $500 which is not bad. Thanks
Any others?
seawolf06...I was looking at the Mahle forged power pack on Flatlander Racing and it seems to be what I was looking for. Goes for about $500 which is not bad. Thanks
Any others?
http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku
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Cnc-motorsports.com for the best prices and they will set you up with everything you need in a package deal. I saved alot going with them on my 355. I used SRP pistons and eagle I beams with ARP rod bolts. Total seal plasma moly rings and some H-series bearings.
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Yeah....Thanks guys for all your advice. I went and talked to the local machine shop. He's going to be hooking me up with some TRW's at a good price plus some machine work. Looking to get a Procharger sometime shortly, so going to have to ditch the old stock heads. Is my best bet to go with AFR's or Trick Flow?
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TEA seams to have some good flow numbers for their Trick Flows at a decent price. I know out of the box they don't even come close to their advertised flow #'s. I have been using AFR's, but I will be compairing the new Eliminator #'s to the TEA Trick Flows for my future customers.
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Originally Posted by 1slowZ28
Yeah....Thanks guys for all your advice. I went and talked to the local machine shop. He's going to be hooking me up with some TRW's at a good price plus some machine work. Looking to get a Procharger sometime shortly, so going to have to ditch the old stock heads. Is my best bet to go with AFR's or Trick Flow?
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Didnt think they could do any more than like 8 psi
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The stock rods are usually good to about 500 hp with ARP rod bolts, from what I've been told. Hopefully it's true since that's what I'm running. Don't know about boost applications.
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Originally Posted by Ls1Bait
How much boost can the stock crank/rods handle?
Didnt think they could do any more than like 8 psi
Didnt think they could do any more than like 8 psi
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They use hawk rods which some guys I know have used without a problem. Or if you want just the pistons you can get them for $489 with rings from them and get some Scat I beam rods.
They use hawk rods which some guys I know have used without a problem. Or if you want just the pistons you can get them for $489 with rings from them and get some Scat I beam rods.