pistons

All your hard engine work and fancy performance parts are for naught if your rotating assembly isn’t properly installed. So to that end, we found this video from the engine […]

Alright, so the crank is properly seated in the block, and you’re getting ready to start putting together the rest of the rotating assembly. First up, getting the piston rings […]

When it comes to picking the best forged pistons for your performance or race engine, you’ll probably hear two different alloys being mentioned quite often: 2618 and 4032. Truth is, […]

Most engine builders will tell you, the buck stops at the piston. After all, the piston is what takes the brunt of the fuel, air, and spark that you’ve worked […]

To the casual observer, a piston looks like a relatively simple engine component. But to gearheads like us, we know there’s a ton of innovation and tech packed into those […]

I have a 2003 Chevy Avalanche 5.3 LS. I want to know if I bore my 5.3L 0.030″ over could I use the same connecting rod on the new pistons? […]

I am building a new 355ci Gen. 1 small block Chevy for my Buick Skylark that also has a Procharger supercharger. I’m upping everything inside with a forged crank, rods, […]

I have a 355ci small block Chevy that I bought that has dished pistons but I don’t know anything about them. The heads are off right now. I’d like to […]

In last month’s Part One, we began our look at today’s piston technology. As mentioned in that article, the numbers of choices within the Summit Racing catalog are absolutely massive. […]

There are thousands of different pistons available from Summit Racing. They come from just about every piston manufacturer in the business and they fit every price range and almost every […]