jms
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Hi All
Just received my .020 over forged lightweight pistons from Jim Schmidt. Waited just about 2 months to get them just as he had told me. Great guy to deal with. Here’s the question…the pistons I bought were for use with the stock rods. They were identified as lightweight “medium” compression but when I measure them they appear to be very close to a stock Commando flat top which I think where something like 8.9 :1 but lighter by substantial grams. In some ways I wished I had sprung for the long rod / short piston approach that he sells but was trying to be sensible relative to cost for street use. Would like to have realized a drastic reduction in vibration. That said anybody here use the lightweight pistons with stock rods and if so what was the reduction in vibration like? Also any problems with stock rods breaking with standard ( not racing) road work? Thanks
Just received my .020 over forged lightweight pistons from Jim Schmidt. Waited just about 2 months to get them just as he had told me. Great guy to deal with. Here’s the question…the pistons I bought were for use with the stock rods. They were identified as lightweight “medium” compression but when I measure them they appear to be very close to a stock Commando flat top which I think where something like 8.9 :1 but lighter by substantial grams. In some ways I wished I had sprung for the long rod / short piston approach that he sells but was trying to be sensible relative to cost for street use. Would like to have realized a drastic reduction in vibration. That said anybody here use the lightweight pistons with stock rods and if so what was the reduction in vibration like? Also any problems with stock rods breaking with standard ( not racing) road work? Thanks