The piston skirt and pin account for about 17 percent of the frictional loss in a combustion engine as they are the most difficult to keep lubricated and have the largest contact surfaces. Federal ...

If the engine builder recorded the original piston diameter, a simple comparison will reveal any changes. It’s possible to see pistons with partially collapsed skirts from detonation or physical ...

Despite their simple appearance, there’s quite a bit of technology built into a modern performance piston, such as the moly-based skirt coatings that reduce skirt scuffing on these Speed-Pro ...

Pistons Turn Your Engine's Linear Motion Into Rotary Motion. HOT ROD Staff Writer Aug 04, 2006. See All 19 Photos. Here are the three basic piston types: (from left to right) cast, hypereutectic ...

The key differentiator for the Magnum, however, is its unique “double-band” piston skirt design-a first for modern diesel pistons. The double-band skirt helps to reduce frictional drag and ...

Federal-Mogul developed the Magnum piston at its Powertrain Energy technical center in Plymouth, Mich. -- one of the company's 18 globally networked technical centers. More info: www.federalmogul.com.

While recessing piston skirts around the wrist pin bores is nothing new when it comes to high-performance rotating assemblies, the increased length of the pill-shaped pistons could net a greater ...

The company has only developed the rods as drop-in replacements for 5.3- and 6.2-liter LS V8 engines from General Motors thus far. In its own testing, Transcend says it was able to tune the 5.3 to ...

Despite their simple appearance, there’s quite a bit of technology built into a modern performance piston, such as the moly-based skirt coatings that reduce skirt scuffing on these Speed-Pro ...