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Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
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I purchased this at the Carlisle auction. 0B3DC6BE-A0C5-4C72-A324-B12D247CDBA0.jpg What is the significance of the the steel band molded into the skirt? B7C0F33B-93DC-439A-9D94-088AEB297903.jpg Ray Cline? Chris Allen? What were these mens tasks in development? F7032E4A-D51F-4C2C-B807-B9CE51A3F8D1.jpg Rick Kuli? 64FB57EB-2828-4A41-A53B-15EA68C098CE.jpg Gary Van Duster?
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
Steel inserts to help control thermal expansion.
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
Steve, I can't contribute to your questions but let me say that this is DAMN cool piece!
Congratulations!
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
Steve a cool piece!
I see you made it back to Florida! great to meet you in person. Anthony |
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
A great find Steve! And thank you Graham, for your explanation. I have a piston from a '93 engine and I had honestly never noticed the little steel inserts until today after Steve mentioned it and I noticed just a bit of rust that has formed on the steel (after sitting on my deck for probably 20 years). A great bit of ZR-1 trivia. But I am curious: do other aluminum pistons commonly have such steel strips to adress thermal expansion or is it just the LT5s? --Bob
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
Thanks for showing pictures of the later piston Bob.
If you compare the earlier piston pics, you will see the subtle change in the piston casting to better support the expansion insert towards the pin boss, since the early ones used to break off at that point. Also the piston change to add an accumulator groove. Cool stuff. Graham |
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
I never knew or noticed before either.
Image1661904375.345390.jpg My simple mind is trying to figure out how they'd help with thermal expansion. Improved heat dissipation? Sent from my iPhone using ZR-1 Net Registry
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
Per Grahm, steel inserts to control thermal expansion. This means they could have a tighter tolerance of piston skirt to cylinder wall to control slap and wear?
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
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Re: Prototype Piston Award Signatures?
Bob, Yes on cast pistons.
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