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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 04:40 PM
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Im just looking to find the size of the piston i need to put a 402 rotating assembly into an ls2... easy noobish question so any help is appriciated
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That will depend on a few thyour bore
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That will depend on a few things bud, how much compression do you want to run? Are you going big cam? F/I, do you want valve reliefs, but your machinist should be able to tell you what size and what kind of piston to use.
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A 402 will use 4.00 pistons and larger according to over bore. I believe they use a 1.115 compression height as well.
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That will depend on a few things bud, how much compression do you want to run? Are you going big cam? F/I, do you want valve reliefs, but your machinist should be able to tell you what size and what kind of piston to use.
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Well im buying a new ls2 block from tsp and i went to buy the rotating assembly and the smallest piston is a 4.005 bore so i got alittle confused... im probably going with a -3cc flat top piston but will a 4.005 bore piston fit in a std bore ls2?
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No. Standard bore of a ls2 is 4.000. You will need to get a standard ls2 block, take the block and pistons to machine shop and have them fit the .005 over pistons to the bore.
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Do they not sell a 402 rotating assembly with a std 4'' bore piston?
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They do, but it's best to have the bore honed to the pistons for a perfect fit. If you try to buy standard pistons it's a crap shoot as to how well they will fit.
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Sorry my phone was acting up yesterday!

What that genius ^^^^ posted is the right way of doing it.
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You need a target compression and then know your chamber cc size. My old TFS heads are at 60.5cc so I had to run a -11cc dish to get 11.3-1 on my 4.005" bore IIRC...
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If I remember correctly 4.002 is standard bore for LQ4/LQ9/LS2.
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Originally Posted by bww3588
No. Standard bore of a ls2 is 4.000. You will need to get a standard ls2 block, take the block and pistons to machine shop and have them fit the .005 over pistons to the bore.
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They do, but it's best to have the bore honed to the pistons for a perfect fit. If you try to buy standard pistons it's a crap shoot as to how well they will fit.
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Im just looking to find the size of the piston i need to put a 402 rotating assembly into an ls2... easy noobish question so any help is appriciated
I have a built 402ci in my 2002 Z28.. We used a 4.005 piston and honed the block to fit the pistons.
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