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Weigh your pistons.

I'm helping a buddy rebuild his TD engine. He's gotten a new set of Aerolite pistons from Moss... Should be a matched set, right? In grams: 390, 393, 398, 399. This is not even close. You cannot shave...

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The next set might be worse. Why not take them, and the rods, to a good machine shop and have them balanced?

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I did. the shop said the rods are perfect. The pistons don't have a lot of meat on them. Easier to get a set properly matched out of the box. The second set arrived - all within 1 gram.

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In reply to # 3645063 by Mitchman2 The pistons don't have a lot of meat on them. did you weigh or swap the gudgeon pins about? B

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In reply to # 3645095 by riley1489 In reply to # 3645063 by Mitchman2 The pistons don't have a lot of meat on them. did you weigh or swap the gudgeon pins about? B With, of course, just as you weight...

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In reply to # 3645440 by Mitchman2 With, of course, just as you weight the connecting rods with their hardware. I was not questioning your abilities. :S and yes measured with respective hardware of...

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In reply to # 3645461 by riley1489 In reply to # 3645440 by Mitchman2 With, of course, just as you weight the connecting rods with their hardware. I was not questioning your abilities. :S and yes...

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