HELP!! Need pistons questions answered ASAP

[h2ovwdrvr at msn.com (Tommy YUHAS)]

Ok as I have been piston shopping of late building a little something 
special for my 80 Jeffs old car. I will be running a lysholm on a 16v block 
with a 20v head with a 8.5 to 1 cr and 15 to 17 psi boost. As for forged vs 
cast everyone I have talked to that I trust are telling me if you plan to 
daily drive it go cast even in a race motor on a vw the cast are your better 
option. The only option that I have been recomended forged on is if that 
motor is going to be race use only and going to be kept in the very high rpm 
range always 7500 to 9500 rpm if not it is not worth the extra cost and the 
wear and tear of rings. I still have not decided on that motor what I am 
going to do because it won't see much street use. I am going to experiment 
with the current motor at very high cr and high rev valve train going to see 
the damage I do with cast pistons while the other motor is getting built.

My 81 is a 3a and I am going to keep the factory pistons and throw some mild 
boost at it for that motor and it use as a weekend play toy that is ideal


>From: stetson <tim@unrealexpectations.ath.cx>
>Reply-To: stetson@unrealexpectations.ath.cx
>To: scirocco list <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: HELP!! Need pistons questions answered ASAP
>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 14:22:56 -0500 (CDT)
>
>K then,
>
>A rather demanding topic I know...but I'm under the gun here.
>
>So....as you know, the 3A is in the shop where it was granted a clean bill
>of health for just about everything EXCEPT the cylinder bore.
>
>That needs to be milled .50mm over stock.
>
>This means I need new pistons (the shop will not bore w/o them in hand). I
>would like to get some nice hypereutetic <sp?> or forged and the only
>place I'm finding for them is Autotech for........
>
>$750 !!!!!!!!!!!
>
>YEA GODS AND LITTLE FISHES!!!!!!!!!
>
>Right now for block cleaning, tolerence checking, magnafluxing, and boring
>it's costing me $260 +tax. This means if I can find a cheaper piston set I
>could perhaps get it blueprinted and balanced.
>
>I want to do this to this engine ONCE, no more. The engine may not stay w/
>this Roc but I want to have a known, proven, hardened engine @ the end of
>this fiscal blood letting that I KNOW is good.
>
>I have Dave @ Adirondack checking into pistons for me right now (Potter
>can't get 'em) but will appreciate any and all info or recommendations!
>
>Are there any pistons from a ABA or 2.0 16v that could be used in it's
>place? Weisco's site has them listed that seem to have the same diameter I
>need (83mm) and the right rod length I need (144mm) and the right
>compression (10.4-10.5).
>
>Any thoughts Uber-Dubbers?
>
>Burning up my mail accounts quotas,
>
>Tim
>
>
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>
>
>
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