Texashighways
04-09-2013, 04:39 PM
We are on the verge of releasing our new 04.5-07 CR pistons in standard and +.020" bore. These pistons will not have the oil galley in the crown and I believe will fall somewhere between the steel pistons and the OE in terms of how much heat soak they can handle before melting. They are almost identical to the OE bowl design except for the CC and compression ratio, we are shooting for 17.9-18.3 depending on your block and head gasket.
We are also looking at selling a finished flat top "blank" piston in .020"+. With these new pistons you will have the capability to make whatever kind of bowl you want, either by machining yourself or by choosing one of our pre-designed bowls. The possibility will be there to run so much compression you can blow the side out of the block or merely match the bowl to your aftermarket injectors. I have found that on 12v and 24v blocks that somewhere around 22:1 and higher with a good flowing head and complimentary cam in the 45+psi will split the block :doh:
I think it will be interesting to look at all of the John Deere, International, Cat and other piston bowls that were designed for the injectors that we are using and machine the "cummins" pistons with a bowl that compliments that injector or tweak further.
Question is..... Is this something you guys would like to see brought to market?
Zach
We are also looking at selling a finished flat top "blank" piston in .020"+. With these new pistons you will have the capability to make whatever kind of bowl you want, either by machining yourself or by choosing one of our pre-designed bowls. The possibility will be there to run so much compression you can blow the side out of the block or merely match the bowl to your aftermarket injectors. I have found that on 12v and 24v blocks that somewhere around 22:1 and higher with a good flowing head and complimentary cam in the 45+psi will split the block :doh:
I think it will be interesting to look at all of the John Deere, International, Cat and other piston bowls that were designed for the injectors that we are using and machine the "cummins" pistons with a bowl that compliments that injector or tweak further.
Question is..... Is this something you guys would like to see brought to market?
Zach