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By Gray Baskerville A piston is anything but a slug. It's asked to withstand the cylinder pressures generated by 200,000,000 power strokes (in its 100,000-mile ...
Keep in mind that 4032 pistons run a much tighter piston-to-wall clearance compared to 2618 alloy pistons, so the clearances will be different. Perhaps the place where wear can cost the most can ...
The company has only developed the rods as drop-in replacements for 5.3- and 6.2-liter LS V8 engines from General Motors thus far. In its own testing, Transcend says it was able to tune the 5.3 to ...
The demand for piston-rod coatings which do not change roughness and structure even after extended service, and are environmentally benign, has led to a number of developments.