[blykins]

It wouldn't.

But peace of mind is a wonderful thing.

Think about how many fox mustangs there are across the us running 347's with 1.090" pistons. They are not rolling smoke shows. This is extremely common and even the 4.300" stroke bbf pistons come this way.

Once upon a time, I think someone jacked up the ring install or got the hone job wrong on a build and contributed it to the piston design. As you know, there are lots of bench racers on the Internet, so the idea stuck. :-)