Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums Modifications 3.0L Duratec turbo 3L has broken piston ring lan

I know what you mean about too clean of plugs being lean, but the plugs are not burnt white for that reason. They are just brand new. The flash from the camera made them look whiter as well. The two on the right correspond to the wet combustion chambers that you see in the picture of the heads. This was caused by the oil. everything was coated in an oily film in those two cylinders. Those two pistons are the ones I am going to look at hardest.
Tuning on the dyno is the best way, but trying to get together a 3 day pass and a few hundred extra dollars to go up to Dallas (the nearest dyno) and schedule time has been a b|tch. I can't take passes that conflict with any of my platoon leader obligations and the way things change around here I can't plan personal affairs beyond next week! Plus the deployment status has made it damn hard. On that note our deployment order was officially recinded on Friday. I'm both happy and sad and things should calm down a bit.

Buckshot:
I priced the pistons and I was amazed at the price. You just explained why. How much were the forged pistons again? Can I put them on the stock rods? Do you still have any good stock pistons from your engine you could sell me? If you have a piston that survived from your catastrophe its probably pretty good.

PM me if you can help me out since I will soon need to order the rod bearings, rings and at least one to two pistons.

warmonger