thunderchicken
Grandmaster
Ok, I lied. I keep thinking about it. Asked the guy who's supposed to tune the car, he said 10psi is safe, in theory.
I have 2 questions:
1 - how much does it usually cost to have JUST pistons put in an engine? I'm comfortable doing anything that's not machining/balancing. I know I'll need pistons, rings, and bearings. I'd like to just dingle-ball hone the cylinders (they still have cross hatching, can't tell if there's a taper or not). Can I take the shop my rotating assembly and have them balance a new set of forged pistons?
2 - I need some shop names you guys trust for this work.
For what it's worth, I would go ahead and throw some pistons in it. If it were me, this is where I would start... Then I would look around and make sure that the factory rods are up to the task. There are some very budget friendly I beams out there from places like Eagle that will handle 600hp without an issue. If you can clean it up with a dingle berry hone and the bores look good, I would roll with it.