<VV> Stock Piston Breakage

[BBRT]

Hmmm. And reasonably high rpm for extended periods?  So any cracks really 
show up?  Do you think they would have broken in "normal" usage? (Meaning 
around town, low rpm-like speed limit? Or do you think they would break 
anyway in extended hot highway driving?)

I have no experience in breaking any but have little on-road experience. My 
FCs did fine and so did my LM cpes in FL, but then I didn't run them really 
hard.

Chuck S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Gault" <r.gault at sbcglobal.net>

> Chuck,
> I think running around in hot Texas summers with a little bit of pinging
> breaks the stock pistons whether they have new rings or not.  All the ones
> I've broken have been with "old" rings.  At least "I" had not changed the
> rings.  They were also all after a relatively long stretch of highway 
> (read
> that 80mph) driving.  Of course, being a responsible, law abiding adult, I
> no longer drive at such speeds.
>
> Roger

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "BBRT" <chsadek at comcast.net>
>> I am tending to think the stock old, used pistons break when new rings 
>> are
>> put on them. Seems as if, using the old pistons and old rings in the same
>> cylinders-assuming they are suitable for use - doesn't carry the same
> threat
>> of breaking them. >> What do y'all think?
>>
>> Chuck S
>> BBRT