Originally posted by SVTake2:
Alright well I found a piston in a ford parts warehouse in my province and it�s a good thing. I called bill and he said he didn't have one in stock and it was back ordered for a month! I also have new rod bearings, rings, and gaskets for my top end. What I have to decide now is if I want to bother replacing the Main Crankshaft bearings. I didn't realize that the bottom bolt were TTY and this little surprise repair has stretched my budget enough as it is. Is it worth the money? The engine has less than 20K (according to LKQ when I purchased it) and It will never see another track day that is for sure. I've scrapped the nitrous idea (kit already half installed but I might be tempted to autox every once in a while.
Believe me I love my contour and I can live with a money pit, but it is turning into a money vortex. Just keep that in mind.





If the rod bearings looked good when you took them off and if you have no reason to think that the crank main bearings would have gunk in them or damage, then no I wouldn't change them.
I would def. change the rod bearings to clevites because they are a better bearing and for piece of mind though.

On the rings: Did you rehone the cylinders at all? If not and if they look good, then I hope you are using Ford MoCo. rings on those pistons. Ford rings on our engine were low-tension rings and they seem to be very good rings.
If you rehoned the cylinders then you may want to use an aftermarket set of rings that are made to break-in to a rehoned cylinder. Otherwise you will have lots of blowby in a little while like I did a couple years back.

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