1. You want people to stop building budget strokers that use 4.2 rods and off the self aftermarket 4.0 pistons and start building high dollar strokers that use custom pistons and 4.0L or eagle rods. The use of these rods and pistons would allow the engine to have zero deck height pistons at TDC and an optimum quench. If we all built this stroker, you wouldn't have to hear about ping anymore.
2. The Dino computer dyno comment I didn't understand, and still don't. The only reference in this thread to Dino is about piston dish cc's. I don't see anything about a computer dyno.
3.You are tired of reading about people having a custom roller cam cast and ground. The roller cam issue I didn't even comment on, but now I will. To me the cam is very similar to the Diamond pistons. Money spent to insure the life of your engine. You say with your Diamonds and Eagles, you can rest assured your stroker will live a long life, but it seems a lot of strokers are dying from cam lobe failures. Maybe to insure the life of your stroker. you should have thrown some money into a roller cam. With trend to remove ZDDP from our oil, a roller cam doesn't sound that crazy, does it?
4. You mentioned that if we don't have the money to spend on these pistons, we should put in a SBC. Why introduce a more expensive solution to a money problem?
Did I understand? I think I did.
Now onto the KB pistons. I believe everyone here hopes that the mass produced cast or hypereutectic pistons cost less than custom machined pistons. It's the whole point. Now what KB makes may be a whole other story, I can't see into the future.
Really, I need a spell check? Pot calling the kettle black. In case you still don't see it, it's "available" and "either". It's great when someone tells me to learn to spell and makes a spelling error in that very sentence.Seems like a lot of extra work for something that is already avaliable.
A spell check would not be a bad Idea ether.
I can think past my nose, maybe you need to learn how to write how you feel. If you didn't mean anything negative, you could have just said something like this.
"Another option would be Diamond pistons. They are custom machined pistons but only cost $450 a set. This is more $$$ than off-the-self cast pistons but it allows you to use your 4.0 rods to offset some of the cost. It also allows you to set the quench and piston dish to optimum, there by eliminating ping from the beginning. Think of the time and money saved not having to chase your own tail trying to eliminate ping."
A post like this would have been well recieved. but instead we got "DUH!!!" and "
" and "I've about had it". I may have missed your point but I didn't miss the tone of your post.
all the ZDDP containing oil supplements have either been taken off the shelves (STP red, SLOB, and two other CD-1 oil treaments) or are forumlated to contain very little ZDDP (STP blue)
Id like to get a set, but I already paid 130 for 4.2 rods and 190 for pistons. I doubt I will be able to get a set and have my 4.0 rods reconditioned for $320 
