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    about to install forged pistons in my car with a turbo, not sure if i should buy the coated ones or not. I also dont know what you guys recomend, the JE or diamond pistons.
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    Neither, zzp ran 8's on stock pistons. So if you not going faster than that stock is fine.
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    so i dont need to install forged pistons, everyone has told me i have to
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    Everyone...whoever you talked to hasn't been involved in the 3800 platform.
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    What all are you doing?
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    Stage 2 heads by intense 130lb springs, cartuning turbo with stattama 67 turbo. l32 rods, stage 3 cam from zzp. hv3, dont know if i need to do piston work or not, car has only 40,000 miles on it
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    talked to the people at intense and they recomended me to
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    Should be golden
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    use your factory 40k pistons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by wking2 View Post
    talked to the people at intense and they recomended me to
    So people selling parts recommended you buy their parts zomg! As long as your tune is good no need for forged internals.
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    its a l26 not a supercharged, so i have the smaller arms etc
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    i am also running the higher compression ratio which isnt good for the turbo

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    would this be the better option
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    You can't used your stock pistons anyways.... Different wrist pins.

    Yeah, those pistons are probably good.

    Do research on them first though.
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    well matt would u use the hyper's or the forged, the hypers are half price lol 650 for diamonds vs 335
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    To be honest you COULD just leave your bottom end stock....

    It'd save you a lot of money.

    Wouldn't limit power too much.

    Just intercool and make sure you have a good tune and wideband running all the time.
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    the turbo is intercooled and the engine is already apart, prob just gonna go with the hyper pistons then
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    isnt zzp's car a stock bottom block
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    ehhh the block is the same as stock... I bet thats about it
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