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Old 11-07-2016, 09:23 AM   #44
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Originally Posted by STRUGLE View Post
It's a very real and common issue right at those hp levels. Check the corvette forums. They have been playing with this engine for over 2 years.

The hyper Pistons in the LT1 just tend to give up right about there.

It's so common that wiseco has a set of drop on already balanced Pistons out for this engine. Just remove and replace.

So with that said if you are pulling the engine to do the cam with bigger fuel lobe....may as well replace the Pistons it won't be much more labor. And possible save a catastrophic failure.
Can you provide any more info on these pistons? I'm not finding anything searching...
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