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Post  JR Performance Motorsport April 13th 2011, 5:07 am

Here is what is going on, last race a valve broke. I messed up one piston real bad and have to replace it. I have another complete set of same pn #. I was planning on using one in place of the broken piston. The problem is the replacement pistons are 66grams lighter each. Should I just get another new one or replace them all ? I don't have time to rebalance before the race.

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Post  dfree383 April 13th 2011, 8:48 am

Take the time to get it rebalanced, Odds are with TRW type stuff your going to get a different weight one even with new ones.
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Post  rmcomprandy April 13th 2011, 10:01 am

Certainly don't use ONE piston which is 66 grams lighter. Buy a set of heavy wall wrist pins which weigh 40 or so grams more and use that whole set of pistons.

EDIT: Re-balance it with the lighter set of pins the next time you have it apart.

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