I just pulled my first L28et out of a 1981 turbo automatic a week ago. I decided that i would keep it stock internally as per my power goals ( about 250 ish wheel) so i started to tear it down so that i could check the bearing tolerances, install new rings, new gaskets, hone, hot tank the parts, ect. tore everything down and to my slight surprise, everything internally was in good condition (havent done any actual measurment yet just going off of how it looks) the engine only had 67,000 miles on it, i could still see good crosshatching on the cylinder walls.
welllll to get to the point, when removing one of the pistons it slipped and fell on my engine stand in such a way that the weight of the connecting rod and the way it fell on the bar of the engine stand caused the connecting rod to put a fat crack in the piston skirt.
I would prefer not to replace all 6 pistons if possible but if not of course i will have to do that.
so the question is, is it reasonable to replace just one piston?