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OEM GT500 piston strength: power rating?
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<blockquote data-quote="Catmonkey" data-source="post: 15620467" data-attributes="member: 124025"><p>BJ's been in the low to mid-800s on stock internals, but before he hit his 900+ pull, he rebuilt Christine's bottom end with Manley pistons and H-beam rods. He broke a balancer in the mid-800s with the G2-R, which left the crank in pretty bad shape. But I believe he had fairly high miles on that engine.</p><p></p><p>I believe the Mahle pistons are not that bad. The rods on the other hand are the weak link in these engines. The 13-14 piston had a weird taper at the wrist pin, so none of the aftermarket rods will work with them. I believe the JDM rods are standard aftermarket H-berms with some additional machining to the small end to clear the piston configuration. The 07-12 pistons are not constructed the same way.</p><p></p><p>This is a 13-14 rod. You can sort of see the taper on the small end, but not the best photo to accentuate the difference.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://image.mustangandfords.com/f/34925468+w620+re0/m5lp-1203-14-2013-ford-shelby-gt500-trinity-5-8-v8.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catmonkey, post: 15620467, member: 124025"] BJ's been in the low to mid-800s on stock internals, but before he hit his 900+ pull, he rebuilt Christine's bottom end with Manley pistons and H-beam rods. He broke a balancer in the mid-800s with the G2-R, which left the crank in pretty bad shape. But I believe he had fairly high miles on that engine. I believe the Mahle pistons are not that bad. The rods on the other hand are the weak link in these engines. The 13-14 piston had a weird taper at the wrist pin, so none of the aftermarket rods will work with them. I believe the JDM rods are standard aftermarket H-berms with some additional machining to the small end to clear the piston configuration. The 07-12 pistons are not constructed the same way. This is a 13-14 rod. You can sort of see the taper on the small end, but not the best photo to accentuate the difference. [IMG]http://image.mustangandfords.com/f/34925468+w620+re0/m5lp-1203-14-2013-ford-shelby-gt500-trinity-5-8-v8.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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