flycutting and boost?

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Jul 23, 2014 | 10:48 PM

25thhawk

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flycutting and boost?

I did a search and can see that people generally say not to flycut with boost or nitrous. Has anyone actually done it and what were the results? I can't see how I can get away with not notching my pistons on my combo. Lq9 with lsa heads. Waiting on an adjustable pushrod to verify how much needs to be cut, but I believe it is going to be about .060 on the intake side. Exhaust is fine. I thought about custom pistons, but between the machine work and pistons, its about $2000. So looking for some real answers about flycutting first. Thanks

Jul 25, 2014 | 09:40 AM

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Of course you can do it and it, but any material you remove will weaken the piston. Generally not a good ideal with big power boost setups. You didn't provide much information about your setup to give a better answer.

What kind of power goals did you have in mind? What pistons are you wanting to cut? What fuel are you running? Compression? Cam specs?...etc.

Jul 25, 2014 | 10:39 AM

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I would just run a different can with a little later IVO

Jul 25, 2014 | 12:03 PM

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Gonna make for some nasty hot spots on the piston.

Jul 25, 2014 | 07:17 PM

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My pistons were flycut, but nothing major. I'm running the Brute Speed blower cam and around 11# with the F1A. I've been using 93 octane w/ 100 meth. So far, so good!

Jul 28, 2014 | 07:31 AM