are these salvagable?????

[foxbodydave]

are these pistons savable?? im only posting pics of the worst one....

 

[dave89iroc]

I wouldn't reuse them

 

[foxbodydave]

yea thats the same thing i was thinking...god dammit i got fucked every which way on that deal :swear:

 

[beertestr]

Are you gonna use it in your engine? Or in a spare parts coat rack? I thought I had some pics with rods/pistons used for coat hooks.

 

[Sean124]

If you really wanted to reuse them I would imagine you could have them bead blasted. Looks like it spun a bearing and tossed trash into the cylinder wall.

are these pistons savable?? im only posting pics of the worst one....

 

[foxbodydave]

yea what im thinking is that when they rebuilt the motor they didnt clean it properly because 90% of the rod bearings look brand new still but some of them are worn beyond belief...the cylinder walls themselves arent bad and i honestly think a ball hone would fix them

 

[Sean124]

I will be totally honest here and tell you that its a bit of a crap shoot. You could most likely clean them up and reuse them but there is a high potential for noise. Will it effect engine operation ? Normally no unless its got alot of piston rock.

Sean

yea what im thinking is that when they rebuilt the motor they didnt clean it properly because 90% of the rod bearings look brand new still but some of them are worn beyond belief...the cylinder walls themselves arent bad and i honestly think a ball hone would fix them

 

[foxbodydave]

i think ill try to clean up the worst piston and cylinder and put it all in and see how it goes...im gonna measure any movement with a mic in the morning

 

[Sean124]

Get them glass beaded. Then mic them up.

i think ill try to clean up the worst piston and cylinder and put it all in and see how it goes...im gonna measure any movement with a mic in the morning

 

[foxbodydave]

anybody in the area that bead blasts?? im at 14 1/2 and harper but dont mind driving a little

 

[Sean124]

Call around to local machine shops. Most of them offer glass bead cleaning. I believe baldwin automotive over on baldwin in pontiac offers this service.

 

[foxbodydave]

cool...thanks sean, you the man

 

[cobrarwanab]

Smooth them out and run em! Let'em clack for a wile its good for em, Lets ya know their in there an movin!


































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[fogged10]

junk them! why risk it?

 

[foxbodydave]

thats what my first thoughts were...id like to get another set of nowak n-400 pistons and keep the same comp, but i cant find the damn things anywhere or find any info on them..ill prolly just wind up going to diamond

junk them! why risk it?

 

[1BADAIR]

blast then maybe have them coated. I would just get new stuff

 

[nuttsgt]

Were the rings lined up like that when you took the piston out?

 

[foxbodydave]

no ive had the piston out for a little bit now and they have been moved around...they were 180 out from each other when i took them out

 

[Pure84GTT]

blast em and coat the skirts !