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Anyone have weights for stock LS3/L92 pistons?

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Old 04-30-2012, 06:35 PM
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Default Anyone have weights for stock LS3/L92 pistons?

Does anyone have the weights for either of these pistons?

I'm trying to find a decently priced forged piston I can install in an L92 short block with only a re-hone at most and no balance work.
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I have some in a box here somewhere, I installed some Mahle 4.070" pistons in mine to repair a scuff in the bore. Mahle also sells a stock bore piston, i paid $650 for mine with rings. If i remember I'll weigh one tomorrow after work
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I pulled my entire stock L92 rod&piston and it was 1319g. The stock rods are listed as 639g so the piston/pin/ring pkg should be 680g
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Going with a forged piston over stock hyper pistons will be a significant weight difference.

If the stockers are over 600 like someone suggested, forged pistons will be significantly lighter.

Unless you can find something dead nuts the same or +/- 10g, I wouldn't install them without balancing.

Inadvertently, I ended up with pistons 65g lighter than stock in my ls1 without balancing, and It hammered itself to death in 1k miles.
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Mine weighed in at 495g and had a 145g pin.
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Originally Posted by KCS
Mine weighed in at 495g and had a 145g pin.
Mine also.
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Thanks KCS!
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Originally Posted by KCS
Mine weighed in at 495g and had a 145g pin.
Was this including the ring pack and pin clips? My Mahle ring pack and clips were 37g so that would put your 630+37 = 677 pretty close to my 680g.
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Originally Posted by 85MikeTPI
Was this including the ring pack and pin clips? My Mahle ring pack and clips were 37g so that would put your 630+37 = 677 pretty close to my 680g.
Nope, that was before rings and c clips



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