Horse power on my 351 windsor. Its a stock rebuilt short block with ported heads blah blah and other big stuff done to the motor. my question is 358 hp to much for cast pistons? should I have gone with forged pistons or will these be ok.
2006-10-08 04:36:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Ford
It shouldn't have a problem at all. Do you know what your compression ratio is? That is really the determining factor if your worried about your pistons. You should be okay though as your not using a blower or turbo or even nitrous at this point so your pistons are not much in danger. What you should be worried about is if the block was put together correctly so you can achieve what your motor is really capable of. I have seen 351w based blocks that were stroked lightly (377) and they were making over 400rwhp on a dyno, but they had aftermarket heads and a pretty decent cam (+650 lift). You might consider getting some aluminum heads and junk the stock ported ones. Porting is nice, but there is a limit to how much material can be removed and blended to make stock heads flow well (volume and efficiency and to some extent velocity).
Good luck.
2006-10-08 22:52:46 · answer #1 · answered by cobramanphil 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should be just fine...to make that kind of HP you should
have Carburetor, Intake Manifold, Cam, Headers, High flow Exh.
Polished and ported heads simply increase the flow at very high
RPM and do not make a lot of HP on a basically stock motor...
2006-10-08 05:39:22 · answer #2 · answered by RiverRat 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-26 12:43:16 · answer #3 · answered by everitt 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i own a repair shop,and stock pistons will handle it,as long s you give it time to get broke in good it should be ok,,stock pistons usually are good up to 375 horse,s just be care full with it and once its broke in, it should be OK,good luck i hope this help,s.
2006-10-08 04:43:01 · answer #4 · answered by dodge man 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Should've gone Forged. But you should be ok
2006-10-08 10:30:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should be, brake the motor in good, give at least 500 miles for that.
2006-10-08 05:03:53 · answer #6 · answered by Josh S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Should've gone Forged. But you should be ok.
2006-10-08 04:43:50 · answer #7 · answered by Silverstang 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why ask now? About cast pistons. We'll see if it blows, then we'll know, you were wrong!!
2006-10-08 04:47:42 · answer #8 · answered by alfonso 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the dodge man said it all
2006-10-08 12:52:28 · answer #9 · answered by jw 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never is too much
2006-10-08 08:07:56 · answer #10 · answered by chuco 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋