When is a piston bad????

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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 04:33 PM
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I got some Arias 9;1 pistons, they have little marks on the tops, like little scratches on of my friend says there stretch marks are these piston still good to use???
I was told they would exploded,i plan on running 450hp the pistons look good exept for that little thing, please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 04:55 PM
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Default Re: When is a piston bad???? (Koticcivic4u)

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Koticcivic4u &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I got some Arias 9;1 pistons, they have little marks on the tops, like little scratches on of my friend says there stretch marks are these piston still good to use???
I was told they would exploded,i plan on running 450hp the pistons look good exept for that little thing, please help!!!!!!!!!!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Stretch marks??
Post some picture's of these piston's
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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 05:00 PM
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The ringlands are what you need to worry about the most. Post pics.
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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 05:09 PM
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Default Re: When is a piston bad???? (RyanCivic2000)

you usually don't have to worry about the ring lands on a forged piston.post some pics and maybe we can help.never heard of stretchmarks on one
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Old Dec 21, 2003 | 05:29 PM
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let me get a camera and i will take them!!!!!!!!!!!!
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