OK great thanks for the tips and I'm drooling over those nice flat pistons. But I am going to go with the suggestion of getting some that stick out. So I got some 230 flat top pistons.
they have a compression height of 1.779 I think I can shave enough off of them and have enough thickness left and go with a thicker gasket possibly. I was thinking of shaving them only in the squish areas and leave the rest to stick up into the combustion chamber maybe with a ramp if necessary to increase compression. maybe then it will be too much compression. I will be having all sorts of combustion enhancing devices on the engine. HHO, Singh groove on head, plasma ignition, and some water injection of some kind, and ammonia, so I am not too worried about detonation with the high compression. I am looking to build a high mileage car, not so much for performance. Using many of the techniques from Eagle research books on improving mileage. I am currently treating all the engine parts except cylinder walls, with tungsten disulfide to reduce friction. It involves polishing and then embedding the tungsten disulfide into the metal to create a low friciton coating. Some companies out (microblue)there doing it for bearings and engine parts. I thought I would do it on my own as a budget art project LOL doing things outside the normal. I can post some photos later if anyone is interested.
Last edited by Vman; 07/02/12 01:44 AM.
