Re: Badger pistons casting quality....

[farna@xxxxxxx]

Badger has always been a cheap piston as far as I know. I'd use them for a stock rebuild, but never in a car that was to be run hard. You're correct in stating that other circumstances may have contributed, but you'd expect a piston to take just a little punishment before disentigrating! 


On September 18, 2004 John Bilwin wrote:

> Thanks for the info. The Badger pistons are no longer discontinued contrary to some info out there, they have recently been re-released.  I am not too worried about the quality, especially since one of my stock pistons broke apart when the pin was pressed out!
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>  Was there any other reason your pistons failed so quickly? There could have been reasons other than the quality of the pistons; running hot, detonation, lean mixtures in those cylinders, improper machining etc. etc. or was it entirely the fault of bad pistons?
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> On September 18, 2004 carmine@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> > > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 14:58:22 -0400
> > > From: biljoh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: Badger pistons casting quality....
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> > >   I posted earlier about a set of  +.030 cast badger pistons I bought of wich one of them has a small pit/pinhole on the top near the .030 stamp.  I called an AMC vendor to see if they had any .030 over and they had one, same badger part # and it had the same exact pinhole in the same place as the one in the set of 8 that I have?  My builder looked at the piston and said it won't be a problem as the pin hole couldnt go all the way through.  Has anybody else come across this piston anomaly during their rebuild? Is this common with new cast aftermarket pistons?
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> > The Badger pistons I used in a 1970 390 lasted a month of
> > driving(break-in).  When I took it to the strip three pistons broke
> > before I shifted to second gear.
> >
> > I reved to 6,000 rpm, a 343 has a shorter stroke and a less fragile
> > piston, you might never break a badger piston.
> >
> > Peter Marano
> >
> > Kenosha WI
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