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I agree, guys - I don't mean to sound as if they're garbage, they're certainly not. However, my point is with all the goodies being thrown into the bottom end of this engine, the steel crank, the Manley rods, etc.....the KB's just don't fit in with the overall quality theme here. Certainly if you're counting pennies, you can save a very small amount of money with the KB's over a decent set of forged off the shelf pistons. However with the above components, this doesn't seem like a save every penny build, I am sure the sky's not the limit here budget wise, but really, the cost difference between the KB's and a decent off the shelf forged piston is ridiculously small in the big scheme of things. I have personally hand grenaded a set of Hyper pistons in a Chevy some time ago, and it was a build maybe just a touch hotter than this one, not wild by any means. I know in the 351 Cleveland's, the guys over on that forum won't touch the things with a 10 foot pole. It all comes down to the price difference between run of the mill forged (we're not talking custom Diamond pistons here, just standard TRW type forged) and KB hypers being insignificant in the big scheme of the engine build. It's very cheap insurance.
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