Flathead pistons .....

Where can I find .060 over size merc flathead pistons?
Dont make me buy Egge (does anyone know what manufacturer they use?)

 

Egge excreats there own slugs.

Last ones I bought were Federal mogul thru the local machine shop.
Find out what machinist in your area do quality Flathead work and ask them what brand of pistons they use...

I think federal Mogul was recently bought out so don't know if/what they are now.

Reds Headers is also a great place to do business...

http://www.reds-headers.com/

or.... http://www.speedwaymotors.com/



moe

_____________________


http://spaces.msn.com/members/MOES-GARAGE/PersonalSpace.aspx?_c=

 

I just grabed a set of modern hypereutectic three ring flathead slugs from SpeedWay for my dad's A-bone. I'm pretty sure they also had them for the 4" Merc crank.

-Bigchief.

 

this is good info guys - does anyone have some other suggestions and/or pros and cons concerning the different brands and types

thanks

 

Speed-o-motive down the street from the 'E'guys

 

If your gong to beat it like a race car then go with lightweight forgings. If your building a thumpy street car that'll get beat a little standard forgings or hypers are the way to go. If your building a cruiser or a stocker use standard cast pistons.

PM Bruce Lancaster for his thoughts as well.

-Bigchief.

 

If you dont give a flyin pluck about customer service or weither you get a matched set of pistons - at any price, regardless of quality, Then by all means, go for the eggescretions

 

For the street Id go with Reds 4 rings. Made by Badger and about as close as you can get to hypereutetic without patent infringement. The way a flatty runs the crank offset I would not use 3 ring if Im building something to last many, many years. I just turned 65K on my 286 with the Badgers.

 

I agree with 286Merc. If it is a street motor, then you'll achieve more piston/ring life with some good 4-ring pistons. If you don't have a supplier, then you should checkout "www.reds-headers.com" -- they are great people and stand behind their products and know what they're talking about. If you're doing serious racing, then you'll probably run forged pistons -- Ross makes an affordable forged piston for stock combustion chambers. I still have a couple sets of the good ole' "Forgedtrue" pistons from the 50s' -- what a nice lightweight piston. Best of luck . . .