piston n rod combo questions

slopefunk · 08-31-2004, 06:11 PM

hey just a few questions dont have alot of time so here goes. I have wiseco pistons but I could have sworn I read something on here about poor rod and piston combo. Something to do with the pins having to be pressed in instead of floating. Oh im rebuild a 1g motor. The thread said something about the wrist pins should be able to be pressed in by hand. I was wonder what kinda rods to get to avoid this problem. I dont want to shell a few hundread bucks then have to bring the rods to a machinest. So if you know what im talking about hit me back with some good rod tips.
thanx

DSMJim · 08-31-2004, 07:10 PM

All aftermarket pistons and rods use floating pins (well that we will use anyway). Stock pistons and rods are fixed pin which is why you can't really mix aftermarket pistons with stock rods. You can but it requires some machinging works to do so.

If you buy Pauter, Eagle, Crower, Carillo rods they are all floating pin. Wiseco pitsons are floating pin as well.

slopefunk · 09-01-2004, 07:51 AM

hey thanx thats all I need to know
so I wont have a problem as long as the rods and pistons are both after market
cool

NDgsx · 09-01-2004, 01:15 PM

It depends. Some aftermarket pistons use a larger pin (my Ross ones do). If they do it's not a big deal, rebushing the rods costs about $30-40 normally.

Suparata · 09-01-2004, 10:51 PM

Actually you CAN use aftermarket pistons with stock rods and you can choose to float the rods or not(I recommend to “float” them).

The aftermarket rods (Oliver, Scat and others) do come Full Floated but don’t even think about skipping the part where you take the rods to your machinist to be checked for sizes and have them sized if necessary (they usually need to be).

If you choose to do it yourself without having them checked and shit goes wrong, don’t come back crying and yelling.