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Old Mar 2, 2018 | 05:05 PM
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I've never heard of the brands CWP and DNJ, yet the prices for 4.8 pistons are such a good deal.

After digging on the webs, DNJ makes pistons for many cars. Only problem is... they are made in China. One guy running a nitrous Civic in a Honda forum said his DNJ pistons have held up fine so far. While we aren't putting pistons into NOS'd lawnmowers here, curious to know if anyone is running off-brand pistons such as these in their LSx builds.

I may go with the DNJ stuff. Hard to beat a sub $160 piston set for flat-tops in my LM4 build up.
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Old Mar 2, 2018 | 05:50 PM
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Besides pistons, have you priced the rest of your rebuild?
What is your budget on entire rebuild?
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DNJ slugs in my homebuilt LS2 here. Cheap and work well. Just honed the pin bores for a bit more clearance. Not big power only 465 RW but decent
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Capped at $2500. I have a thread about my LM4 up already.
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