Easily Confused
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Republic of Texas
Posts: 430
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Originally Posted by Steve@Rennsport
The cast pistons used with KS Alusil cylinders are coated with iron and thats difficult to replace.
If I find the coating is damaged in any way, I either replace them with special JE's, or bore the cylinders OS and have them Nikasil plated to use one of several aftermarket pistons for the application at hand.
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What part of the piston is Iron coated? The dome, skirt or both?
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Scott C.
'08 Cayenne GTS 6MT : '89 Targa GP White/Black - "Oliver's Car" : '11 Mitsu Evo X : '08 Lexus IS350 F-Sport : '01 Toyota Sequoia : 1998 Yamaha V-max : 1979 BMW R65
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