522 RB Build
This one is a bit of a budget oriented big cube project. In the interest of saving $$ I'm reusing some Icon pistons with a 1.867" Comp Ht and a 6.7" rod with a 4.375" stroke put the dished pistons .042" above deck. Fortunately the piston is one of those step head types and only a small portion needed machining. In the mill they went and exactly .042" was removed. In the interest of restoring these pistons to their former glory lead me into a whole other branch of services. I will be using Cerakote thin film coatings with a friction reducing coating on the skirts and a thermal coating on the piston tops. The photos show the piston prep and next week I can show my trip into coating world. I have acquired the coatings, spray gun, and I even scored an industrial oven that is large enough to load cylinder heads, intake manifolds and crankshafts into. Gotta wire up a plug so I can plug into my welding receptacle--this thing pulls 45 amps. Very excited on this one for a multi tude of reasons. J.Rob
This one is a bit of a budget oriented big cube project. In the interest of saving $$ I'm reusing some Icon pistons with a 1.867" Comp Ht and a 6.7" rod with a 4.375" stroke put the dished pistons .042" above deck. Fortunately the piston is one of those step head types and only a small portion needed machining. In the mill they went and exactly .042" was removed. In the interest of restoring these pistons to their former glory lead me into a whole other branch of services. I will be using Cerakote thin film coatings with a friction reducing coating on the skirts and a thermal coating on the piston tops. The photos show the piston prep and next week I can show my trip into coating world. I have acquired the coatings, spray gun, and I even scored an industrial oven that is large enough to load cylinder heads, intake manifolds and crankshafts into. Gotta wire up a plug so I can plug into my welding receptacle--this thing pulls 45 amps. Very excited on this one for a multi tude of reasons. J.Rob