re:AMX pistons..correction on my OE piston comments..

["dan whitehead" <freebird_58@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

John,
If the valve relief areas look more precision because the cuts are more 
"square" instead of "rounded" or blended you should talk to your engine 
builder about smoothing the new pistons so as not to have any sharp edges.  
By smoothing the tops of the pistons your eliminating areas where the fuel 
can detonate easier.  Just something to think about.

Dan Whitehead

Well after talking to the vendor I bought my pistons from and my builder I 
am
not worried about the pistons anymore. The minor defect in the one piston 
isnt
really even a "hole" just a tiny chip in the crown that isnt any deeper than 
the
+.030 stamp that is also on the crown. Yes the pistons are inexpensive but I 
put
one side by side with my OE 343 pistons and I would say that the badgers are
actually better manufactured, the crown is a bit thicker/beefier than the 
stock
pistons(the area above the top ring) and looks like it can take more abuse. 
Also
the valve reliefs in the badgers look precision cut where the stock pistons 
are
more "rounded" at their deepest point, but that could be from 35 years of
combustion pressures.  I did notice that the stock pistons do have the 
struts as
well. There was a corvette guy at the shop and I was inspecting my .030 over
pistons and he commented that they looked pretty "trick", nope I said, just
stock +.030 replacement pistons the bottom !
of the barrel actually, and he just laughed.

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