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Forged pistons; to rebuild or not to rebuild engine? Posted by ryan [Email] ![]() ![]() |
I have been toying around with the thought of going with forged pistons and minimal engine work; the car is an '02 Viggen at 100k miles, with 3k mile synthetic oil changes and quality filters, car is always warmed up before driving, never overheated, never abused (run hard but not abused). I really have doubts that my engine has much wear on it.
Would it be unwise to do this? At the very least, I would do everything required for the piston installs (hopefully no machine work, just cylinder honing, new main bearings, polished crank journals and any necessary work on rods, maybe some fastener upgrades, whatever else), and of course any gaskets and seals necessary (head gasket, oil pan gasket, etc.).
Are there any weak links, or wear items, where it would be stupid to not take care of them while I'm in that deep? Oil pump, timing chain, balance shaft assemblies...?
I'm not one to cut corners when it comes to quality of work, but I feel like this engine has plenty of life in it to get many more years out of it, and then maybe rebuild it in when it's necessary.
I'm only planning on taking the engine to about 360 crank hp BTW.
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