273 302 318 340 build

Thanks for the heads up on Summit tech, KB were the ones that answered the email thru Summit site? That is where they mentioned weights vary from 778-805 grams. Quite the variance AND difference from stock (592)
When I called I spoke to KB tech, Daniel was helpful. Steered me towards the 1266C, same one I emailed about.
Stupid me I never asked Daniel to confirm the weight dammit!
The advertised compressed distance is 1.745". So thats a gain over stock(1.720) of .025" where that now puts the piston about 0.064 down (my redneck measurement was .089 avg)
Im hoping to finish lapping the valves tomorrow as well as play with more numbers. Once the lapping is done I'll cc the chambers.
Ive checked rockauto jegs mancini but it looks like Summit has the best selection/variety. Any other places?
I can see how this is so time consuming lol, but I enjoy it.
Don't take that data from Summit...I have found plenty of errors on their data.

Stock weight is 592 gr and the pin is 161 gr.

If you are not running hard, I would go up to 5 grams if I was not caring, but I'd like closer. Google 'piston weight change for rebalance' and you will get answers higher than that.

It is not hard to drill some material out of the underside of the pin bosses to get them close to what you had. Or, since the pin walls are REALLY thick on these pins, just drill or grind some material out evenly through the pin's interior length.

You're not going to get a quench effect with any of these pistons....! Piston to head clearance is around .110" with the .028" head gasket and the taller 526 pistons.


You're getting there on CR IMHO! I am getting around 9.2 Static CR with:
- 302 heads milled .030", assuming the chambers are 64 cc's to start with before milling
- .028" head gasket
- The Sealed Power 526 AP pistons. These are around .077" in the hole and are the tallest stock type pistons around these days.

I heard around the same volume, thats why I went with 60cc.
I will cc them after lapping.
I have heard 58-62cc but have not measured myself. I do have a pair though.