[SEL] Cast Iron Pistons

Paul Maples paulmaples at sbcglobal.net
Mon Oct 23 04:36:49 PDT 2006


I am sure he has not checked with Ken Meeks Tommy, do you have his e-mail 
and I will write him?

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judge Tommy Turner" <lcjudge at scrtc.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:27 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Cast Iron Pistons


> Paul,
>    Has he checked with Ken Meeks to make sure he doesn't have a piston 
> close to what is needed?  If it were my engine, the diameter of the bore 
> and wrist pin would be the key numbers.  A piston 1/8 larger in dia. would 
> work, just shave 1/8 off it.  If the "located" piston is shorter than the 
> original in distance from the center of the wrist pin to the top of the 
> piston, that wouldn't be a problem.  It would lower the compression ratio 
> a bit but for what we do with these things, it will never be noticed.
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
>
>





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