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Engine - Block Improving strength and durability - pistons to crank

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Old 03-08-2005, 04:00 PM   #31
 
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Ahh, I drove home from New Jersey over 100 miles on 3 cylinders with one knocking away (was cracked) and blowing blue smoke out the back. I just fixed it and 10 miles after the new piston install it was within 5 PSI of the other 3 cylinders on a compression check
Yeah, sometimes you get lucky. When I melted 2 pistons, only drove for 10 mins but scored the bore badly.
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Old 03-08-2005, 06:06 PM   #32
 
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mine didn't melt just cracked. There was very very minor scoring but it bottle honed out.
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