DIY turbo pistons

[Beau M]

So I have been doing a lot of research on the crap 5.0 I bought. I'm going to need new pistons and heads, but anyway during my searching I found this:

 

 

How to make your own turbo pistons:

 

http://www.orlandoforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=132873

[wilderb]

why didn't I think of that :lol::lol:

[thisisastickup]

woah woah woah, someone link me to the thread about the guy who welded blades onto his turbo!

[hacked521]

oh my god!....what would go through a person's mind to do something like that....:eek:..wow, i really dont know what to say about that, other than there isnt anything to be said.

[djlotus]

That's awesome

[Bugeye]

damn it, now i have to sue for stealing my copyright!!!

[Cuts metal like mad]

best DIY ever...

[fastdadd]

here are the photos for thise who dont want to click link

 

[zenndog]

 

Pardon me for generalizing but;

 

Orlando = crack

 

Crack = crackheads

 

Crackheads = DIY turbo pistons

 

 

Um....Ed, can you stop grinding that big ass pipe and come over here. I need some help with my turbo motor.

 

 

How to thread:

 

After I stuck a piece of 2x4 and some rags under the motor, to try to stop it from wiggling back and forth on the oil pan, I found out the hard part was to grind the exact same amount off each piston without hitting the top of the block. Don't forget to take a deep breath and blow all the grinding dust out of the cylinders really hard so you get it all out

Edited August 10, 2009 by zenndog

[72240z]

There is a term for that I won't offend people by using.

 

Afro/ghetto engineering/rig would be its synonym. My jaw literally dropped.

[Jester]

What a jackass.......I would have used a pearl disk to keep the heavy scratches away. :lol::lol:

[lynchfourtwenty]

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHa

[Gary]

yeah but it hasnt been run yet

 

bit of sand in the intake, he hasnt even done that yet, you watch they'll come up a treat. the silicon content in the sand will harden the pistons too i swear

[Papi Chulo]

I wonder if he does head work too?

[2dat0z9]

had to be a toyota guy..... i betcha any of us, ratsun guys wuoldnt do dat s*%^ RIGHT???? :blink::blink:

[Madness]

just buy a freakin head spacer!

 

i don't understand how these people are allowed to work on any car... after seeing that i wouldn't let them check my coolant let alone crack open a motor.

[purple]

I give him a C for trying. :P

 

At least here in the tweaker capitol it wouldn't have been put back together because they would have moved on to taking something else apart.

[datzenmike]

yeah but it hasnt been run yet

 

bit of sand in the intake, he hasnt even done that yet, you watch they'll come up a treat. the silicon content in the sand will harden the pistons too i swear

 

For turbo you want silicon free (or close) aluminum pistons. Adding more silicon content would make them hyper eutectic and much too brittle for turbo abuse.

[Gary]

no u

 

 

 

 

 

:D

[daily driver]

I worked at a bike shop that did a lot of 2-stroke dirt bike motors. It's common to see a 2-stroke burn a hole in the piston if you don't have the fuel mixed right. We had a motor that we opened up to find a wood screw in a hole in the piston. It had carbon on it so it had run that way.:blink:

 

I also worked at an automotive shop and had a guy call and ask how to get the rods on his pistons. He was rebuilding a 1500 Triumph motor and after asking a few questions we learned the pistons where already in the block, he wanted to know how to go about getting the rods on.:eek:

[ariascarlos1990]

I would like to see the DIY port and polishing.

 

 

FAIL.

[Icehouse]

WOW! Makes my idea of throwing them in the lathe to drop the compression seem like a brilliant idea :D haha