well my friend decided to sell his car. he's offering me his I believe JE 9.6:1 forged pistons and forged eagle rods. they're used. he said he was driving along the freeway when all of a sudden his car lost power. detonation I believe. anyways, he said the pistons and rods looked fine. should I go ahead and pick these up and reuse them?

 

As long as the bearing surface on the rod is not messed up and the piston top and skirts look fine, sure, why not?

 

so I don't need to worry about the pistons/rods in a motor that was detonating? I was told from somebody else that I should always use ONLY new rods/pistons. was he mistaken?

 

anybody else?

 

No, DONT re-use them. Send them to me.

 

hahahahaha...umm...no...

 

make sure its not damaged. Look for damaged skirts and pitting on the top/edges of the piston which would indicate detonation.

 

take them to a machine shop if you don't know what you are looking at. There is no reason not to reuse pistons/Rods if all the tolerances are within spec.

 

Should be fine, may need new rings and bearings. If you're really careful, you may want to get a hone job on you block too.

 

I know I'm gonna have to resleeve the block cause the h22a's FRM block material. The only thing is I can't get it checked out cause he lives in GA and I live in WA. I'm just gonna ask him for pics. What should I have him take pics of? the ringlands, top of pistons, etc.?