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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 07:52 PM
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Can I still run this piston?


I pulled apart my heads to do a head swap and noticed my #8 piston looks like this. Can I still run this piston?-piston-8.jpg


All the rest look like this. Can I still run this piston?-piston-7.jpg

The bore looks good and I wasn't having any problems prior to removing the heads. So if I do run it will it adversely effect anything?
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 07:58 PM
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Car: 1983 Z28
Engine: Forged 355
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Re: Can I still run this piston?

wth is that? can you clean it off?

It looks like a bunch of nics and pits, but not sure.
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 08:04 PM
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Re: Can I still run this piston?

I'm pretty sure I can knock the burrs down the strange part (read lucky) is that it didn't score up the wall.
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Old Mar 24, 2012 | 11:46 PM
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Re: Can I still run this piston?

Originally Posted by 84z4me

I pulled apart my heads to do a head swap and noticed my #8 piston looks like this. Attachment 237085


All the rest look like this. Attachment 237086

The bore looks good and I wasn't having any problems prior to removing the heads. So if I do run it will it adversely effect anything?
obviously,some foreign object has found its way into the combustion chamber.you could remove it and have it checked for cracks (strongly reccomended) or just replace that one piston (the wise choice) cast pistons dont take kindly to this kind of damage ,so id just replace it to be safe
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