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[jimbo]

I knocked a piston skirt tab off my 360 (don't ask me how) Will this affect the balance of my rotating assembly? ( I'm thinking yep) I was trying to get by cheap on just a top end. The lip on the block is around .015 or so. the only other pistons I have are .060. Machining is $300 give or take. Funds are tight and I don't want to spend money I don't need to. What would Ma Mopar do? J

 

[rumblefish360]

Ma MoPar would slap it ogther.

YOU on the other hand need to bank roll some war funds and do it right.

Balance? Like a drunk with a 1/5 down the hatch to many.

 

[waggin]

post the part # of the piston for us......we have a stash of good pistons from other thing's that made us cringe.

 

[jimbo]

Thank you good sir, posting leftovers on craigslist doubletime, would it be worth it to go .060 over and save money on the pistons? I have a set with heavy duty rods ready to go.

 

[rumblefish360]

Overbore the engine as little as possible. Ask the machinest if you can get away with just a hone job. Then get the piston you want and not just a cheap something to fill the hole.

Do it right and once with what you want rather than do it twice at twice the cost.

 

[waggin]

L2316 .030 is one I have. like he said dont just find a cheap replacement but.....if its the same as what you have and in good condition it will be as good as new...:cheers: and better to buy one piston than to bore, it'd be diffrent story if the bore was sloppy and knocked the skirt of the piston..just my opinion..Like i said give us a part # I save good parts even if not whole sets...singles sure do come in handy

 

[jimbo]

Ill get that for ya. You think I can just get by with an overhaul instead of a new build?

 

[69B-Cuda]

Ill get that for ya. You think I can just get by with an overhaul instead of a new build?

the question is more of how long it will run.. putting a single replacement piston in will be WAY BETTER than one with a skirt missing (not really an option) If you hone it and cut the ridge at the top, you might get another couple years or more out of it. I did that with my 360 (cut the ridge, honed cylinders, and new rings and bearings, I probably have 35-40K on it.... std bore and std rods and mains.... it does burn oil (heads I think) and sucks gas, but it runs and I can enjoy the car till funds get more plentiful.... (does that really ever happen?)