speeder Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Got these yesterday - Beautiful! I fondled them for a while, then packed them back up to send to Swain for coating. The process of building an engine - collecting parts and waiting for machine work, etc. is excruciatingly slow! I'm hoping the 3.0 liter will be ready for Reynolds in Sept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbobluestreak Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 who made them for you and how big was the price tag. I like them and would like to make a 3.0 some day, but I want my to have twin cams on it. tbs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest franklinz Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 sweet! 8) how much does the swain coating cost?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 If I had to guess, Venolia? And as far as price, something like $150 apiece would be a reasonable guess. How close am I Rick? Those sure are pretty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody 82 ZXT Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Those look nice it's ashame to out those in the engine block and no one will be able to see them unless something is wrong. Let me change that to very wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted June 26, 2003 Share Posted June 26, 2003 Very nice!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speeder Posted June 27, 2003 Author Share Posted June 27, 2003 Right, they are by Venolia - Selected because they build a very strong, if a bit heavy, piston. Also, I already had a set of almost new pins that saved me about $20.00 per. Cost was $512.00 with pin fit for floaters and pin oiler holes drilled, both extra cost items. Top thermal barrier and and Skirt low friction coatings wil be another 225.00. I've found that coatings let you build a forged piston motor with tighter piston/wall clearances for less cold piston slap and also give a little better tolerance to detonation. Not that I plan to ever detonate my stroker, but a little insurance never hurts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 Wow, that is by far the best price I have seen for L series forged pistons. Only $85 apiece not including the pins and coating. Nice to know that option is out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lockjaw Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 I paid 68 dollars for mine from Ross a few years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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