speedtigger

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The ones that I have seen have melted, cracked or broke a small piece in the thin, fly-cut area of the crown above the ring land.

tech@WS6store

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They did not have a hard anodized face/1st ring land either. By flycutting you are going past the anodizing in that spot...but no diff from the picture of a fed mogul VVT 4.8/5.3 piston...and look how close it is to the wall

MIKE93SVT

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Good points from both of you and are appreciated.

After more thought and considering that I probably won't leave the motor together more than two years it may be wiser to run the pistons from WS6store or find some OEM LS2 pistons

The flat tops would raise compression and hopefully be enough. Haven't calculated it without milling the heads yet

If I use those hypers and don't mill the heads, then hopefully the Cam Motion LS3 King Titan cam will clear. Or maybe the LS3 Titan 3 which is a little less aggressive. But they're both advertised as not requiring flycut on a LS3

Here's the Titan King specs

Grind # XA232/365-XA244/355-12.5+3
Hydraulic Roller Camshaft
Maximum Street - Street/Strip - Race
Duration at .050: 232/244
112.5 Lobe Center Angle with a 109.5 Intake Centerline
Lift with 1.7 Rocker Arm Ratio: .621"/.604"

tech@WS6store

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Titan King will fit without milling or cutting with our pistons.

MIKE93SVT

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I should mention the heads were cleaned up 0.004 when redone

What head gasket do you recommend?

Thanks
Mike

tech@WS6store

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Stock ls3 head gasket.

The clean up wont matter.