Hey guys...I have looked everywhere but is there a better piston than OE that will press onto my stock rods? I want better pistons if possible but don't wanna go through the hassle of new forged pistons and aftermarket rods. Anyone?

 

you can put forged pistons on the stock rods.......

 

I have read that since the forged pistons have free floating wrist pins that they will not work with stock rods. Do they make forged pistons that will press on?

 

you need to have your stock rods modified to accept a bronze bushing and then you can install a full floating piston pin. its been done many many times and any good machine shop should be able to do that for a pretty resonable price.

 

if you have a b16 17 or 18 block you can run the itr or ctr pistons

 

All forged pistons will work with the stock rods.The problem is stock pistons with aftermarket rods.
Glenn

 

If you're going to be in there, just replace w/ forged pistons and rods and get it over with.

 

To be honest I will never see the power to need forged pistons....I was just curious if they had something out there like oe but maybe a little better.

 

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It depends on what you are looking for. If you don't need the power of forged pistons, then OEM is fine. And there are several possibilities here, depending on exactly which motor you are working with. If the motor is a bored B-series, you might also look into RS Machine's cast pistons. Or you can go with Mahle if you are looking for a low expansion (high silicon) forged piston.

 

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