Anyone ever break a piston in an 01-02?

[Turbo50Mike]

There is alot of talk about the weaker 01-02 motors with the Hyperutectic pistons. Has anyone ever actually had one fail or know of one that has failed without a power adder on the car(i.e. Nos, SC or turbo)?

 

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

Where is the $hit eating gring, nodding head icon? Cuz I'd put up about 5 of them.

You ask how?? simple: THANKS PAXTON !!

POS tune on their DIY kit, took care of business

Jon

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

I think you only get in trouble 00-02 Vipers AFTER you add a power adder w/o replacing the pistons. Stock engines should be fine

 

[hemibeep]

Had two broke in my 97' as well as cracked cylinder wall.

anything can happen.

 

[J DAWG]

It is al in the tune. There are some 800+ rwhp creampuffs out there.

 

[Joseph Dell]

an 800rwhp creampuff? I dunno who's car that was. 700+, sure. Here is what happens when you push that to the limit too much (this was out of an 01 when the water/**** line on a 6.5lb ROE car happened to pop out):

And this was just about 600rwhp. no, not mine...

JD

 

[J DAWG]

Mr Macedo has been pushing the envelope with good success. Believe it was a paxton setup with water/**** that made 79x. so maybe it wasnt 801 but impressive nonetheless.

 

[99 R/T 10]

Hey John,
you must be thinking abiut Fuelman's(John Canal) car. I think he went 143 in the 1/4. Puts him at about 760 RWHP I think.

 

[BigCarrot]

I dusted nine of them in my '01, but I was using nitrous. You should never have a problem on a stock car. If I was going to keep a car stock, I'd actually prefer them. They're lighter, and they don't shrink and swell as bad as forged slugs.

 

[Dimitrios]

yes i had 5 broken pistons before going forged..

 

[J DAWG]

Hey John,
you must be thinking abiut Fuelman's(John Canal) car. I think he went 143 in the 1/4. Puts him at about 760 RWHP I think.

ok you 2. if either of you ever doubt me again we are thru forever.


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[peakcompletions]

destroyed 5 of them in my 02, bought car with a bad vec-2 tune and car was already hurt....

like someone else mentioned, it is all in the tune...