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Old Sep 21, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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Why would flycutting cause failure of the piston...bad a/f ratio is what will kill that piston.

And flycutting and gaining horsepower 100% of the time vs the very few times you will actually be spraying is what I would rather have.

If you are worried about longevity of a motor...don't do h/c or spray, leave it stock and maintain it. Also with h/c and spray you should be more worried about those rodbolts letting go than if you flycut to much and worried about a piston.
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Old Sep 21, 2007 | 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by NaSSty Nate
Why would flycutting cause failure of the piston...bad a/f ratio is what will kill that piston.

And flycutting and gaining horsepower 100% of the time vs the very few times you will actually be spraying is what I would rather have.

If you are worried about longevity of a motor...don't do h/c or spray, leave it stock and maintain it. Also with h/c and spray you should be more worried about those rodbolts letting go than if you flycut to much and worried about a piston.
I have ARP rod bolts and the car will be sprayed every weekend.
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 09:17 AM
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what do u want for those 5.3 heads silver mod im in houston right now
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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I am in the same boat...don't know what head to get, but I want the MS4 cam. I went to TSP site and looked at their Head/Cam Packages....they offer ms4 cam with LS6 stage 1 heads, but don't offer MS4 cam with 5.3 stage 2.5 heads.

Whats the deal with that?

I don't want to flycut my pistons, because I don't trust myself doing that.
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Old Sep 23, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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No way in the world I would fly cut my pistons. The motor is balanced.
Flycut before balancing.
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by FSANE
I am in the same boat...don't know what head to get, but I want the MS4 cam. I went to TSP site and looked at their Head/Cam Packages....they offer ms4 cam with LS6 stage 1 heads, but don't offer MS4 cam with 5.3 stage 2.5 heads.

Whats the deal with that?

I don't want to flycut my pistons, because I don't trust myself doing that.
I talked to the the guys at TSP and they said you would have to flycutt the pistons running the MS4 and 5.3s. Maybe you don't have to flycutt running Ls6s and the MS4?
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by phoenix1987
I talked to the the guys at TSP and they said you would have to flycutt the pistons running the MS4 and 5.3s. Maybe you don't have to flycutt running Ls6s and the MS4?
yes i believe this is the case, but don't quote me on that. Just ask TSP but I am sure there's quite a few on here with that combo w/o flycutting.
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