Jeep Strokers

I've tried a couple different shops, including Schmidt Racing, to get my IC945 pistons dished a little(build plans changed and can't use that much compression), the best I was told they could do was machine it off the top. I believe mostly they don't want to touch them because they probably know nothing about this piston, and don't feel comfortable doing it. Any suggestions on a place that is?

If they are still NIB, why not just sell the 945s and buy a set of 944s? The loss on the sale of the 945s is probably not much different than the cost to machine them.

I tried that, about a year ago. Posted here, NAXJA, Comanche Club, Jeep Forum, Pirate, and JeepSpeed. Never even got a peep of interest on any of the sites. Tried contacting Summit to exchange them, no go, been too long.

So here I am. Stuck with these pistons, trying to figure out how to use them. I would probably be fine if I ponied up for a Hesco Aluminum Head, but I don't have that kind of cash. so my next option is to try and drop compression where ever I can: ported combustion chambers, thicker head gasket. Maybe then I might be able to mix in a couple gallons of e85 into a tank of premium, I can make it work, but I would have to plan ahead when I needed to fill up.

I would first contact KB and see if they even recommend dishing the pistons further.

Do those 945s go with 4.2 or 4.0 rods? What's the dish volume? I might interested in taking them off your hands for ya

BADASYJ wrote:Do those 945s go with 4.2 or 4.0 rods? What's the dish volume?

They go with the longer 4.0L rods and the dish volume is 10.8cc.

What's your SCR with the 945s?