Sean Ivey ran 9.8@153 with drop in rods and pistons. So there's no need to pull the motor if you don't have to.

 

we all dont have more money than god like u, so we have to do what we can.

 

Don't they all just drop in ?

Sean :-)

 

Yep and they work fine with no problems at all.

 

You cannot replace pistons from the bottom. The head needs removal. An in chassis swap is able to be done from the top of the block with the head off.

 

 

Enough said and seen it can be done

 

cant see the pics. i am blocked from wherever u are hosting them. anyway u can repost them at imageshack? thanks

 

Sounds like a personal problem. They are hosted on photobucket. Everyone else can see them.

 

i had a friend send to me. looks good.

ok so about how much would this cost for labor to do. i was thinking about doing it myself but my garage is big but not that big. and it being winter either i wait or just have someone do it.

estimated labor time would be?

 

Call buschur or Scott at TTP, they are the only ones I know of that sell stock bore pistons/ring combos for drop in replacement. Like Scott said, will need to remove the head. A decent bore can be done with hand tools as well. This can be done, its just not the orthodox way to do it. I think you would be much better off pulling it and taking it to a machine shop to be bored and cleaned up. Then at that point you can run different pistons/rings with a slight overbore.

 

Boring and honing are different.

Boring is for enlarging the hole for larger pistons.

Honing is scratching the surface and breaking any glaze on the cylinder walls so that the new rings can bed in.

 

Very true indeed. BTW, I like the pictures. Kind of like a pictorial way on "How to put in drop in pistons and rods with the motor in the car."

 

Here is what is in there now.

 

Did you do some kind of honing before you dropped those in? I wouldn't mind saving some money by just dropping new rods and pistons in my current shorty in the car.

BTW ~ I LOVE those pistons you guys just released. I was thinking of pairing those with some groden rods and calling it good