I started my car up one morning, and all a sudden it's making this loud ass hammering sound. It freaked my dad out but what was he gonna do about it lol. I put about 100 miles on the car like that then when I was putting on a Ranger header I stuck a die grinder in the exhaust ports (don't do this) and next morning POOF biggest cloud of smoke you ever see come out of a 4 banger. It went away but I wasn't looking forward to putting THAT much oil in the car and didn't want to ruin a brand new catalytic converter and what with the banging noise pissing me off I yanked the head off. I wanted to re-grind the valves and seats and install a roller cam anyways. But then dad says I have to take the whole damn thing out and prove to him there's no rod knock, and the bottom end is a bit worn anyways. Couple days later after excessive dicking around I finally have the head and block stripped for machining. Turns out I shattered one of those peice of crap cast pistons on an earth moving 90 horsepower
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I am doing a 0.010" overbore on the block and need to replace the pistons. Obviously I am not sticking stock N/A trash back in there. The question is, will the forged turbo pistons fit on the same connecting rods with the same compression height? Do they use the same rods? If not, (or if I can't find any) I was thinking of going with TRW forged stock replacements. Sound good? I did a search and read something about higher compression pistons; how is that possible when the pistons already sit nearly flush with the deck? Domed pistons?
Also, I plan on having the head milled to increase compression for more power. The thing is, information on stangnet is kind of vague about precisely how much to take off. I saw alot of mention of 0.060", but I was told 0.010" on corral, though the fellow said I could probably go higher. This is the pre-91 engine. I want a compression ratio that 87 octane crap gas can handle, plus advanced timing. I'm not looking to go crazy here. What's the safe amount to take off, and what will be the resulting compression ratio?
Thanks fellas
***THIS IS THE PART OF THE POST WHERE I GET TO THE POINT***
I am doing a 0.010" overbore on the block and need to replace the pistons. Obviously I am not sticking stock N/A trash back in there. The question is, will the forged turbo pistons fit on the same connecting rods with the same compression height? Do they use the same rods? If not, (or if I can't find any) I was thinking of going with TRW forged stock replacements. Sound good? I did a search and read something about higher compression pistons; how is that possible when the pistons already sit nearly flush with the deck? Domed pistons?
Also, I plan on having the head milled to increase compression for more power. The thing is, information on stangnet is kind of vague about precisely how much to take off. I saw alot of mention of 0.060", but I was told 0.010" on corral, though the fellow said I could probably go higher. This is the pre-91 engine. I want a compression ratio that 87 octane crap gas can handle, plus advanced timing. I'm not looking to go crazy here. What's the safe amount to take off, and what will be the resulting compression ratio?
Thanks fellas