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Old 10-23-2005, 01:32 PM   #4
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Default Re: How much abuse can hypereutectic pistons take?

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Originally Posted by Dark_5.0
Hypereutectics work just fine till something goes wrong like a lean condition or detonation while using a power adder. They will fail where forged pistons wont when things go bad.
Exactly! If you know what you're doing when using boost or nitrous then you can use the hypers. If not, then forged would be the best way to go.
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