# poor f/body

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poor-f-body/262506>\
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 30, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poor-f-body/262506 "2012-01-30T04:42:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![toomanycamaros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@toomanycamaros](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/toomanycamaros)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2012, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/poor-f-body/262506/42 "2012-01-31T09:43:08Z")

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> [@Scientology](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/scientology/434/40):
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> Nah rich. Our motors are not perfectly balanced like the ZO6 ZR1. You can get away with a certain amount of imbalance. If he swapped in another stock piston you would never know. And if you were really careful and the bore was fine you can re-ring the new piston with the old rings and not even hone the cylinder. Not saying its the right way but it is possible.  
> Nick sunk 1 piston in his probe this way and the motor had 200+k on it. The piston came out of a motor with about 170k IIRC. The motor went on to make 350whp on 33psi!
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> But yes I doubt he swapped out a piston on his back cause the head would still have to come off along with the oil pan and OMG what a job it would be. It may be possible but I would have to see it.

Wouldn’t have made sense for him to do that since he worked at a dealer at the time so he could have done it on a weekend at a shop. Kinda makes me nervous cause Frank did a trans for me a couple years ago.

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