My turn to crack a piston

[bigbird]

Well, after 4 years my motor cracked a piston a couple days ago. Motor has crower rods, cut uncoated lb7 pistons, valve springs, and head studs. Counted 257 time slips below 11.2. Over half of those were in the 10's. Weight of the truck typically was around 7300 with me in it. Odd time I pulled seats and hitch, but never really made a difference. Trying to decide what to change if anything this time around.

 

[emiller3]

Hate to hear thatHope everything works better for you the next time around,But sounds like you had a great run.

 

[ecc_33]

damn hate to hear thanks for posting what happened

 

[LWATSON]

I know it sucks but I'm still impressed with the stock pistons holding that well.

 

[Kat]

 

[Dan@PPE]

Sorry to hear it but they lived a LONG FULL life. Good luck on the new build :thumb:

 

[bigbird]

Thanks guys. I'm okay with it going, would be nice if this stuff happened in fall and not spring.

 

[ChevyDieselLLY]

Sorry to hear I'm sure it will be stronger than last time

 

[JoshH]

Sorry to hear it let go, but at least it had a long life and made a lot of passes. You thinking about trying some monotherms?

 

[DBUSHLB7]

Mahle Monotherms!!!

 

[MadMaxx61]

Sorry to hear it man but I know you saw it coming.

They did good for the weight of your truck.

So whats up for the new build?

 

[paint94979]

Kelly that was a straight bare minimum build and it performed awesome... Makes me wonder if all the extra shit is worth it. Good luck on the next one

 

[Fingers]

Sorry to hear.

Sounds like a good test bed for something different.

 

[DMAXchris]

Sorry to hear. Hopefully it didn't spray oil all over those lovely turbos!

 

[bigbird]

Sorry to hear. Hopefully it didn't spray oil all over those lovely turbos!

It did, washed it off already

 

[bigbird]

Kelly that was a straight bare minimum build and it performed awesome... Makes me wonder if all the extra shit is worth it. Good luck on the next one

That's what I'm struggling with. But, I also want to up the power.

 

[Mikey]

Forged Pistons or monotherms

 

[llybyppe]

Not to derail the thread but how do you like the triples???

 

[bigbird]

Not to derail the thread but how do you like the triples???

Love them. Low egt's, low drive pressure, better spool than equivalent twins.

 

[coldLBZ]

Sorry to hear Kelly Maybe try the Monotherms or the fancier cast Mahles? Were you racing on Friday? I was gonna go but it was pouring at my place.