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Originally Posted by dbanazek View Post
Charles, is the part where they made a 3rd generation forging accurate to your knowledge? It seems to me the main problem was the thickness of the material below the wrist pin.
If I remember this issue correctly, JE determined that they were using wrist pins that were flexing (too thin?) and that flexing and extended use fatigue caused the piston failure.
They have responded with piston updates to address the failure but I believe the "real" solution was a better wrist pin and educating customers as too the life expectancy of any racing component.
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