Rockin_John
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Okay... Now that you guys are talking more reasonable for street use, and not max bore and compression, I'm "Interested." I'll buy in for one at a reasonable price @ 96mm and 9.5:1 That gets us 680cc right? And I think people will be surprised what a slight increase in the compression ratio will do to the power. (1)
I don't care anything about making the piston lighter; modifying the skirt, or any trick coating on the piston itself. Just a good forged piston with no interference, and the possibility of adding a performance cam (like Lancer's).
One concern... Ross mentions "racing rings" which are a different animal from normal use rings. But then they also continue to describe multi-part rings like street bikes use. I want to be sure we are getting a ring set that will hold up for a long time, and isn't made to be changed after every few "races!"
Provided of course that one size fits all... I noticed that the Wisco 96mm says years 1986-1995. Is there a difference after that? I'm wanting the piston for my newly aquired 1999 that has 27k miles on it. I know the head has supposedly been "done" (what was done I don't know). I have no idea what might have been done to the cylinder at that time. As told to me, only the head was re-worked.
(1) Back in the early 90s, I owned an old 70s Savage 250cc Enduro bike. It looked and rode good, but was smokin' and a bit down on power. I was going to hone and ring it, and went to a local Suzuki Guru who used to own the biggest dealership in the area. As an old man, he had lost the dealership, and now ran a cycle salvage. When I went to see him for a set of rings, he went into the back of one of his old sheds, and came out with this NOS piston for some Suzuki 250cc MX bike, and nonchalantly said "drop this into her and see what happens." I did, and the tame little Savage was instantly turned into a fire breathing beast that would wheelie at will on throttle twist all the way up through third gear! Fourth gear only required that you help jerk it up a bit! My point: I learned a big lesson from the old man. A little compression change can go a long way. I know the two Savages are very different bikes, and I wouldn't expect that kind of change out of our street Savage, but I still think some folks will be surprised what the difference between 8.5 and 9.5 might do.
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