3k for 302

[HotRoddin]

Originally posted by Ron1
but if you can can spare it, go for a forged piston instead of the Hyper's. I also see no reason for a high volume oil pump when stock will do..

Ron

I don't get it .... you don't want him to spend a extra 15 bucks for a high performance oil pump, but you suggest he spends an extra 2 or 3 hundred dollars on forged pistons that serve no purpose on N/A street engine except to slap until the warm up ?
Unless you are going to hit it with a big shot of nitrous or a ton of boost or run an insanely high compression ratio, then a good hi performance hyperutectic piston like the keith blacks, are actually better on the street. You can run them tighter (no slapping, no ring flutter), because they don't expand and contract nearly as much as a forging does. Will they melt down if you let the engine detonate badly ... yep, but so will forgings! Thats my .02 cents worth