My piston quandry

[Doober]

So I finally got a call from the machine shop today... the block is fine, but he said max taper on the cylinders is about .005", he figures it should clean up with a .020" overbore. My predicament is I can't find anything besides a couple different pistons from SRP, which is fine besides the fact that they're $500+ for a set. My options for a more budget-friendly piston open immensely when I go for either a .030 piston, or to a set of hypereutectics. So what do you think... .020" hypereutectics, or .030" forged? I was hoping to not have to go .030" on the block, but there's no price difference there compared to $170+ just for a somewhat 'off' size in a forged piston.

 

[Malibu355]

go the .030 and buy the piston you want IMO

 

[Robert1320]

Go 0.030" you have a larger selection of pistons.

 

[grizwald]

what's the rest of the bottom end going to be? i'm not sure if i'd be in a panic to get forged pistons if the rest of the bottom end was going to be stock.

 

[DFWMalibu]

I would look at the Forged Probes I had great customer service and they went above and beyond to get me the piston I wanted and gave me a deal to boot....

Chris K.

 

[Doober]

The bottom end will likely be a cast Scat crank & their forged Pro Stock rods.

 

[sbmalibu]

If your not gonna hit it with a big shot or boost,just put hypers in it and dont worry about it.

 

[Doober]

Yeah... I forgot to update this thread, got a set of Speed Pros, should be around 9.6:1 with 64cc.

 

[SSedan64]

Don't want to sound negative but, that type Dish piston is the worst for creating good quench/squish. The D-Dish is much better.