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I cannot for the life of me see how I can remove 9gm of material off this piston. I can see maybe a gm. So I think I am stuck with working the pins.
The other reason for posting the pic - note the ring gap positions. This is how they came out of the new cylinder. I guess it may be debatable whether to bother orienting them. The ones I pulled after 2 or 3 track sessions had the compression rings moving quite a bit - the gaps converging a bit like this one. The oil ring was still where I put it. Regards Alan ![]()
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Thanks for the offer. But I just spent $200 freighting 1 P&C here. The cost of getting 6 pistons to and from US won't be cheap. If I have to I will hunt out a shop here. But hopefully I can find the right cutting tool. I should have enough gear - as long as I know what I need.
Thanks Alan
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I had 4g difference on my 3.6 pistons. I remember that was quite easy to remove from the pins with a stone on a Dremel.
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My handy dandy Dremel would find all sorts of places .
You will have to be brave and adventurous . I guarantee you will not hurt the piston if you pretty up the skirts ,( Radius ), counter sink the pin a little bit. Engineers tell me a radius is let prone to failure than sq edges . I have had pistons that I even shortened the pins . Do not let it scare ya . You should not ever install a piston without a deburr anyway. 9 gm is not difficult. Dont make it a religion. Just do it.
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To give you some reassurance, take a look at the last page of this pdf. It shows where JE removes material from their forgings to lighten the piston. You can easily remove it from under the crown and around the pin boss where it's REALLY fat.
http://www.jepistons.com/PDFs/TechCorner/SCPDrawings/JE_Piston_terminology_and_features.pdf I did this on a set of 3.3L turbo pistons and it was surprising how much material was removed to get the weight I needed out of it.
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Just for perspective, Porsche specifies 8 grams as the tolerance for replacement pistons. The weight classes themselves are 4 grams wide.
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If you can find a wrist pin that is 9 grams lighter than the others, you will not have to hack into your piston. That is the way I did when I had similar issue in my rebuild.
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You win, I want to see this .
I will go with the zero grams scenario (everytime ) and hope the Porsche fairy forgives all else.
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Nine grams is more than I would tackle but if you must, find a heavier wrist pin or 5 lighter pins.
Pins are inexpensive and vary greatly in weight. Send me the pins , your weight measurements and I'll work it out for you.
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I have 3 sets of pins. All the ones I have weighed weighs the same to the gm, (136gm) . Apparently the pistons all now come out in 1 gp weight too. So perhaps all the pins come out the same now too. No good having one gp weight pistons and varying pin weights. I will check some more pin weights - but I am not expecting any variance on 136 - if I could find lighter ones that would help.
9gm I am sure, would add up to a LOT of Aluminium dust. I am sure I need to pull as much as possible out of the pins. And that will add up to quite a lot of steel dust I am sure. Regards Alan
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You are over thinking this and working too hard. All of us have said we can whack 9 GM off for ya. LOL Lighter is better. If you were inept and took the whole 9 grams off one spot you might create a problem, but a smart guy ( Like you ) will be able to take some off everywhere under the piston , make a nice radius on the structure . ( 9 grams will be EZ )
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OK, I 'm going to have a crack at getting as much off the pins as possible, and then finish on the pistons. It would be useful if anyone has a pic of a piston that has had a decent amount removed.
I take the point that 9gm can probably come off the piston - after all I have 2 pistons that are 9gm different and I can't see where the xtra weight is. Odd that I read several threads and Waynes book about mixing pin weights to balance, and all my 18 pins i have to choose from are 136 gm. (my balance only goes to 1 gm). Thanks Alan
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I will side with, - this is not like unsprung weight, or the pin is, or is not part of the rod.
Smarter people than me will have to- ahem "weigh in" -on that. LOL I think you have broached F1 science. Focus on the job at hand. I bet if you make each piston with pin weigh as close to each other as you possibly can, you will be blessed by the Porsche gods.
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OK, progress. Started at a rate of about 1gm /hr with the dremel on the pins. At that rate it would take a week. Changed that approach to putting the stone in my power drill and the pin in the lathe with a slow counter rotation - to keep the grinding even. Should be finished tomorrow:-) I have taken 6gm out of the pins. That will leave me with 2-3 gm to take out of the pistons.
Two Q's; What is the best tool to lighten the pistons - I am guessing the grinding stone will clog up? I have marked my first targets in the 2nd pic - remove the ridge on the pin boss (#1), and take a chunk out of the boss corners (#2) and then start at the base of the crown (#3) if I need more? Thanks Alan ![]() ![]()
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I usually use a Dremel .
There are a 1000 types of stones, cutters, and wheels available . The round type sanding drums I use a lot. Radius your sharp edges , you will have it done EZ
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Oh, I got lotsa dremel tools :-). Had to buy 3 boxes of them to get the 1/2 doz stones I wanted for the pins. They weren't avail individually - not local anyway.
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