Piston skirt scuffing / coating?

Chad E532 · 01-21-2010, 12:58 PM

Upon inspecting my recently tore down engine I am finding the piston skirts scuffed up a little more than I would like to reassemble as is. Are there any tricks to cleaning up the scuffs without damaging the pistons further or am I better off sending them in to be coated at a place like Calico?
Thanks,
Chad

greg fulk · 01-22-2010, 02:06 AM

Chad we tore down an engine with around 800 passes on it that had Calico coated bearings in it...they looked as though they had never been installed! I will only run the coated stuff from now on!

Adger Smith · 01-22-2010, 07:36 AM

You have a PM

Woodro Josey · 01-22-2010, 08:18 PM

Calico does fantastic work!

01-21-2010, 12:58 PM	#1
Chad E532 Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Lindstrom MN Posts: 156 Likes: 5 Liked 54 Times in 7 Posts	Piston skirt scuffing / coating? Upon inspecting my recently tore down engine I am finding the piston skirts scuffed up a little more than I would like to reassemble as is. Are there any tricks to cleaning up the scuffs without damaging the pistons further or am I better off sending them in to be coated at a place like Calico? Thanks, Chad

01-22-2010, 02:06 AM	#2
greg fulk VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: jackson Posts: 1,165 Likes: 0 Liked 5 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Piston skirt scuffing / coating? Chad we tore down an engine with around 800 passes on it that had Calico coated bearings in it...they looked as though they had never been installed! I will only run the coated stuff from now on! __________________ Greg Fulk 308 308X P/SA "ALL AMERICAN"

01-22-2010, 07:36 AM	#3
Adger Smith VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Texarkana Ark/TX Posts: 2,348 Likes: 435 Liked 677 Times in 261 Posts	Re: Piston skirt scuffing / coating? You have a PM __________________ Adger Smith (Former SS)

01-22-2010, 08:18 PM	#4
Woodro Josey Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 805 Likes: 0 Liked 3 Times in 1 Post	Re: Piston skirt scuffing / coating? Calico does fantastic work! __________________ Woodro Josey 2002 STK