Possible 2.9 forged pistons deal through alibaba

[PetroleumJunkie412]

If you're using 302 rods probably the least expensive way to change the pin size would be to put bushings in the rods and have full floating pins. You'd need grooves in the pistons to retain spiro locks or some other method to keep the pins in place. You must love those little engines to go through all that work and expense.

Time? LOTS. Expense? Truck pays for itself with part-outs. So, still under 1K out-of-pocket. Now, the amount of stuff I've had to part out.....

Either way... Its not so much liking the engine. Sure, they're an impressive critter for their era. But the the bones are good for my purposes. I wanted something with a high rod ratio, high oversquare ratio, loves to run mid to high RPMs, and is lightweight. 2.9 fits all of those.

The other reason is I watched a 24v TT Capri/Sierra/Granada (were talking 2009) run a (illegal) hillclimb in Switzerland outside Bern against a Lamborghini Murcielago.

The ford completely handed the Italian job its own ass and then some.

As Hammond once said about the Cozzers, "(they) were like the gardener walking into the palace and kicking the Baron's teeth in." Granted, he was talking about the Sierra RS500, but the 24V was nothing to mess with in the 80s/90s.

In their modern forms as homebrew twin turbo 5 speed cars, they are capable of doing what their little brother 30 years ago - upset the established order due to a ****ing incredible design.



My adventure with the 12v version has more or less been about learning as much as I can, and to build my interpretation of the evil little fawker I heard screaming years ago. There are advantages to the 12v vs, the 24v as well, the main ones being a much simpler timing system, and a physically stronger block layout rooted in simplicity and efficiency. The fact I can pick up a bare block by hand and toss it on my workbench with ease is MAJOR brownie points as well.






In short, I joined TRS in October 2018 with some limited experience with jeeps, B body Mopar, etc.

I came here to learn.

My first post was about finding someone to fix a floor for me.

18 months later, I'm re-designing pistons for an engine build that nobody in the USA has ever tried.



The lot of you teach exceptionally well. Thank you.

 

[sgtsandman]

I have no interest in tearing down a perfectly running engine. If I have to pull it later for a timing chain or something in the future, I might consider it but for right now, it’s fine right where it is.