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lol Yea alot of other things have been going on so plenty to fill the mind.

Currently looking for a set of pistons - I think i'll rebuild as the time it'll take to sell all the parts will drag this into next year.

lol Yea alot of other things have been going on so plenty to fill the mind.

Currently looking for a set of pistons - I think i'll rebuild as the time it'll take to sell all the parts will drag this into next year.

I've just read this from start to finish. If I'm ever up your way I'm going to buy a slab of piss and catch up with you for a yarn, what a read - let alone build!

Best of luck with it all

:)

Now I just need to work out which pistons to use, I've been looking at various brands and using either CA18DET / 4AGE / Honda B16 pistons just trying to find the right combination or Bore. Compression Height & Pin size

If you know the specs most piston outfits will carve you up a set for minimal cost difference to an off the shelf set.

Personally I like CP's, and they can make the piston per your request. At the end of the day there isn't much to it, diameter and pin height.

The official distributor for CP are in QLD, too. I can't remember their name.... They gave me the best advice and really knew their stuff. Order them with the optional European pins and they are a 1500hp+ capable piston.

So I put a call in the the engineering shop to see what they had found so far. They've done a vacuum test of the head and found 8 of the valve aren't sealing correctly and also that there is a oil support ring missing from each piston so there is a .8mm play in the oil rings and they would have never put outward pressure on the bore to bed in.

Waiting on a call back to make sure the pistons can be re-used then i'll be up nice and early tomorrow on the phone to Ross Racing Pistons to order a new set of rings and oil support rails.

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