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Apr 16, 2005 | 08:04 AM

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Well if john, had read J's post and not everyone elses i dont think he would have had a reason to worry.

once the kit gets here im gonna post a ton of pics for you all to see, pretty much the same ones hes already posted im sure. lol

Apr 16, 2005 | 01:17 PM

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Water under the bridge fellas....water under the bridge

I think ddnspider just bought a kit too, which is great. Glad he decided to go the phamspeed route too.

Ed, Post a ton of pics...you gotta do it, everyone likes showing off the cool parts....turbo kit pics are well worth the bandwidth.
J

Apr 16, 2005 | 02:14 PM

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Apr 16, 2005 | 11:27 PM

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I would have the heads CCed. That will allow you to calculate it and not guess. I think 5.3 is going to be to much compression. You can go up alittle on the gasket thickness though too.

Apr 17, 2005 | 12:27 AM

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im going to have the heads opened up, and work with the pistons if I can

ill post a good number of pics, its going to be two weeks at least they said
thanks
ed

Apr 20, 2005 | 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by 69firebird

im going to have the heads opened up, and work with the pistons if I can

ill post a good number of pics, its going to be two weeks at least they said
thanks
ed

Be careful on re-machining the pistons, make sure you find a company to do so that has the knowledge to check all the thicknesses before they start cutting. If the piston was a f/t to start off with, I do not recommend cutting a dish in them. They where engineering to be a f/t( all thicknesses are adjusted to be a f/t) not a dish!!! Just food for thought before you go cutting into the pistons.

Apr 20, 2005 | 01:48 PM

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From: hurst tx

Ok well you I suppose work for diamond and would basically be an expert. I have a set of Diamond pistons, they are the -8.6cc I was wondering if they could have the rest of the top dished out?
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Apr 20, 2005 | 02:12 PM

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IMHO I would think dishing the pistons would greatly affect the integrity of the piston which I dont think would be wise, the best solution would be reworking the heads with a larger chamber. like I said thats my opinion.

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Gary