A friend of mind. that is toyota and ase certifide came over to look at my motor
after i bought it. i paid 150$ for a b18a1 but the catch was it was sabataged with bird food under the valve cover.. so i took off the valve cover and noticed all the birdfood.. after i saw the amount of food i decided to check under the head.. so
i took off the head and like i guessed there was bird food sitting on top of every piston.. after that i checked the oil pan.. and woudnt you know there was seeds there too.. so i decided to take the whole bottom end apart.. donno why just wanted to .. my (toyota and ase certifide) friend was there and he told me to mark the pistons and i said with what.. n he was like 4get it dont worry about it. so i said ok and got a drink of water.. i come back and he ****** took a flat head and hammer to every piston and ****** scarred them 1 scar for piston one etc. etc.
after i yelled my *** off and he repeatedly told me not to worry they do it at his shop all the time (dynamic turbo) in miami florida he went home 4 the day and i was stuck with these pistons i donno wha to do with ... <U>pissed as ****</U>

here are some pics of the damage that ****** fool did






the motor has about 90k miles on it .. im building a boosted ls down the line ... in your oppion what should i do? .. is there a way to fix them?.. can i put them back in like that?.. wont it effect my compression ratio differently in every cyclinder? dont have much money right now and i wanna put the motor back together soon.. im only 17 and im not a mommys boy so im not jus gonna ask my mom for a couple of hundred dollars for pistons and rods..my motor and my car is my project and problem i dont ask my parents for anything wen it comes to that area.
so what should i do should i put these pistons back in( of course with new rings and bearings)?

or should i whoop my friends *** and buy new rods and pistons... do it right

o0o yea when i was taking apart the motor and i was walking away i heard something hit the floor and this fell

i dont know wtf if fell from i know its a bearing but from where.. wen it fell all i had on the block was a crank and crank pulley.. do u know where its from? im guessing the crank

i dont really want to buy new pistons and rods so if there is a way the i can keep them without the risk overriding the cost of new pistons please let me know.

thanks so much for yur help in advance.. all oppions and comments are welcome. just not stupid and slick *** coments that some people on h-t are notorious for making


Modified by hondahatch741 at 4:55 PM 4/12/2005

 

well that is a thrust washer. I suggest you do a little more research on what the thrust washer is and what it does before reassembling your engine.
Good luck.

 

your pistons are fine, that wont hurt anything, that part is a thrust washer, it keeps the crank from walking side to side. I suggest you buy a helms manual for your car, and educate yourself

 

You dont want any dings in your pistons or scars, marks, etc... That would cause problems for hot spots and detonation issues. Those pistons are scrap!!!!!!! I would never use those... Lucky there just stockers.. If some dude took a hammer to some nice forged ones he would of got knocked out cold..

 

be carefull what people tell you here, you are supposed to mark em with a ink marker or #em with a stamp on the underside, Never gouge marks on the tops.......

 

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Youre kidding about the pistons being fine right?

 

The pistons can indeed be used, but it's not exactly wise. As mentioned, hot spots could possible be an issue. For future reference, a much better idea is to use a paint pen and mark the rods.

Based on past experiences with Dynamic Turbo in Miami, this sort of behavior doesn't surprise me.

 

another friend of mine said the it can be re used.. wha u gotta do it take wha they call a "cookie" its like a sanding disk .. and they gently polish away carbon build up and they will take away some of the rough egdes on the scar... wha do u think i should do.. cuz wha i wanted to use the money for the turbo kit but now i guess im gonna have to buy pistons and rods....

soo bottom line is do u think i can buy new rings and bearings ,clean the pistons off and put then bak in 4 a little while.. then buy pistons and rods later?

 

I'd reuse those pistons