Ouch this looks bad......

MattZ281LE

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My # 6 piston went. Puff of blue smoke, nasty miss and a nice little rattle.
Detonation of course...But the tune was mild. hmmmm

New motor, Dart 364 on the way.

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The Green GT

No 13 year olds are safe around me.

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Looks like it should buff out nicely.

 

1TallMF

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Was that the stock shortblock? If so, its impressive you managed those kinds of numbers out of it, at least for a while.

 

blksn955.o

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were those KB pistons? I saw a thread not too long ago (like last week) on hardcore and they looked EXACTLY like yours even the break was the same, then several others said the same thing happend to there KB pistons and that KB even made a design change and is still having big issues with breakage like you have.

 

SeventyMach1

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blksn955.o said:

were those KB pistons? I saw a thread not too long ago (like last week) on hardcore and they looked EXACTLY like yours even the break was the same, then several others said the same thing happend to there KB pistons and that KB even made a design change and is still having big issues with breakage like you have.

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Wow, and I always thought they had some of the best pistons you could get ......

 

blksn955.o

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I am no expert but a few people I know have never liked them (KB).

 

MattZ281LE

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These are SRP/JE forged blower pistons.

 

94CobraPace

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Not good for sure.

 

BlackVert

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geez ... forged pistons too.