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May 31, 2022 | 01:37 PM

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383 piston selection

I am looking for everyone's opinion on piston preference. I am in the process of a 383 build and was curious of what other people have had success and failure with? I am running 0 deck and have 52cc combustion chambers so planning on running 15cc pistons to bring compression to around 11.5:1. I am currently working with Lloyd Elliot on the cam for it and am hoping to order the pistons this week.

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May 31, 2022 | 01:51 PM

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If you're going to stick with N/A then get hyper-u's. If not, go forged.

May 31, 2022 | 02:11 PM

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Any specific brand you recommend?

May 31, 2022 | 03:33 PM

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Hyper-u's? I have no idea. I've been running the same JE forged pistons now for the last 15 years with the intention of going with nitrous, but never did.

Jun 1, 2022 | 07:17 PM

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My 383 has Weisco forged pistons. Can safely run with a tighter ring gap on a forged piston. Mine is just a tow pig based off a L31 with a 6" rod aluminum head 383 at 11:1. ~500 hp with the Lloyd Elliot ported heads and a little 218/228 @ 0.050 on a 108 LSA roller cam with 1.7 rockers for .578 lift.