New piston options for 6.4!

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Mar 6, 2013

ingrahams said:
seriously thinking about doing these, can you get zero gap rings?

Yes I can do gapless. The pistons come with total seal brand rings, gapless is an option. If your going to daily drive it though I do not reccomend them. The gapless is not needed as the total seal conventional rings already will seal better than the factory keystone style. The gapless makes more stress on the ring grooves and therefore will wear quicker. Ok for competition but not daily use. And when using a gapless top we still run a conventional second otherwise pressure will get trapped on between and take out the rings even faster. So yes we offer gapless but only for competition. But just a side note these are file fit rings. My 2.6 truck even is getting standard top rings.

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Mar 6, 2013

White_monster said:
I await the shipment now.

Thanks buddy! Your truck is a great candidate for these pistons!

Matt · Mar 6, 2013

Wish these were available a month ago. Haha

Wayne · Mar 6, 2013

I have heard good things about Diamond, good choice. No comparison to a monotherm but still, they appear to be on top of their game.

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Mar 6, 2013

Wayne said:
I have heard good things about Diamond, good choice. No comparison to a monotherm but still, they appear to be on top of their game.

Thanks. Have not heard about any monotherms running in a 6.4 yet. These pistons are a good alternative for most people.

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Mar 6, 2013

Almost forgot about you JD, the pistons shown earlier assuming @ 0.030" above the deck reading would be 17.06:1 compression.

Meniacal_Mark · Mar 6, 2013

MAHLE should think about making them for 6.4's. With the aftermarket for the 6.4 as good as it is right now, and with people having pistons cracking, it could be worth it.

But back on subject, I think it's pretty cool that these forged pistons can be used in a daily driver.

White_monster · Mar 6, 2013

I'm gonna test that out.

Meniacal_Mark · Mar 6, 2013

Man, with the parts you've gathered for your truck it seems like you'll be testing lots of things LOL.

forcefed6.4ford · Mar 6, 2013

White_monster said:
I'm gonna test that out.

Pfft. You dont put near enough miles on for that. LOL

I'm a much better candidate.

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Mar 7, 2013

Meniacal_Mark said:
MAHLE should think about making them for 6.4's. With the aftermarket for the 6.4 as good as it is right now, and with people having pistons cracking, it could be worth it.

But back on subject, I think it's pretty cool that these forged pistons can be used in a daily driver.

The problem with monotherms is they are expensive and heavy. Last I heard somewhere in the $4k range. And for most people that's not feasible. Also the forged ones that are billet based can be machined any way you want it upon ordering. The beauty of these is literally any combination of bore, bowl, ring and valve designs you want. It doesn't affect the price.

Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Mar 7, 2013

forcefed6.4ford said:
Pfft. You dont put near enough miles on for that. LOL

I'm a much better candidate.

I still have more tester spot available. I can send more sets up north!

extreme3807 · Mar 7, 2013

How soon could you ship them out? I'm interested

Strokin6.4 · Mar 7, 2013

extreme3807 said:
How soon could you ship them out? I'm interested

Uh oh keeping the truck now?? Lol

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Wayne · Mar 7, 2013

Gotta fix the motor they just blew up testing the quads

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Morgan@Midwest Diesel & Auto · Mar 7, 2013

extreme3807 said:
How soon could you ship them out? I'm interested

I can get you a set on order today if you let me know all your specs. They are 4-5 weeks out as of yesterday.

extreme3807 · Mar 7, 2013

Wayne said:
Gotta fix the motor they just blew up testing the quads oke:

You hush!

I'll be in contact with you here shortly hopefully, thank you.

Meniacal_Mark · Mar 7, 2013

Sledpull said:
The problem with monotherms is they are expensive and heavy. Last I heard somewhere in the $4k range. And for most people that's not feasible. Also the forged ones that are billet based can be machined any way you want it upon ordering. The beauty of these is literally any combination of bore, bowl, ring and valve designs you want. It doesn't affect the price.

That is very good point, having any option you can think of for your pistons gives a wide array of choices for whatever someone would be building their engine for.

Fast-6.0 · Mar 7, 2013

Sledpull said:
The problem with monotherms is they are expensive and heavy. Last I heard somewhere in the $4k range. And for most people that's not feasible. Also the forged ones that are billet based can be machined any way you want it upon ordering. The beauty of these is literally any combination of bore, bowl, ring and valve designs you want. It doesn't affect the price.

The monotherms are more costly but so are the forged aluminum. They may be heavier than the forged aluminum but the monotherms are way stronger and typically weigh the same as the stock pistons. The have been used in 6500 rpm Cummins engines. The monotherms also don't melt. Forged aluminum will still melt from EGT's. Sorry but if my concern was street reliability the monotherm wins hands down.