as the title says would you re-use this JE piston? i got a hell of a deal for 4 eagle rods and 4 JE pistons (120 bucks) just looking them over saw this. for 120 bucks im not bitching.




if i re-place do i just contact JE??

its going to be in a 600+ H2B turbo drag car

 

I wouldn't use that. How do the rods look?

 

rods all look good no knicks in them at all. I have no idea how the piston got beat up without any rod damage

 

How do the skirts look? If the skirts are fine get them rebalanced and run em.
Nothing contacts the bottoms of the pistons.
Shave down really sharp edges, balance, reuse.

 

It should be OK. As long as the skirts and domes are OK you shouldnt have a problem. Make sure the pin rotates OK also.

 

As long as there's no damage to the underside of the piston top and that the pin bosses haven't bent or warped you should be okay. Put a pin in it and check that it rotates and moves smoothly, also put a rod on the piston and see if the piston is straight inline with the rod

If all is good simply and carefully file/grind/polish the damage away as best as possible and you should be fine

Hell my 2 of my pistons have material transfer damage on the pin side of the piston and the machine shop said they were fine to use.

 

what the hell did they do? Smoke a bowl from the pin side of the slug???