KB's in a 318 with No Re-balance

toolmanmike said

Good idea in theory. Hell, mass produce those and sell them to the stock car guys. LOL The street stock/ hobby stock guys love to throw a cheap engine together. I think I'll continue to have weight removed from the other end

. Although taking a stock piston out that weighs 2169g. and replacing it with one that weighs 2093g. and a "adapter" that weighs 76g. is all the same weight in damn near the same place. KB could thicken the heads of the pistons by 76g and it would be the same as stockers. A +.030 would weigh more anyway so it's a mute point.

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FWIW... I DID email UEM a couple of weeks ago asking about heavier piston pins, and explained this aspect of the KB line, and that the Speed Pro H116CP's were a no-brainer for the lower $$ 360 builders since they are stock weight. Got an answer last night... no dice on the heavier pins, but it will be passed on to Engineering. I would not count on anything changing, and have no idea of the the market value to them for such a change, but it was nice that they replied at all. I figured it would go into the 'circular folder'... 'Here's another on of those nutty suggestions' LOL.