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[QUOTE="motopuffs, post: 153359, member: 22281"]
Spanky:  were both of the pistons in your test of the same type?  Just curious.  Although some areas of the piston certainly see 500 F, other areas, notably the skirt on the intake side, shouldn't get anywhere near that hot.  I suppose this points to why my idea wouldn't work...the heat in the engine is not uniform over the whole piston.

Heat is transferred to the top of the piston from combustion, then the piston has to reject this heat, I think primarilly by conduction thru the rings and the skirt.  The rings have constant contact, but the skirt just floats.  I'm sure the rod pulls some heat too.  Anyway...

I'm a bit skeptical that the cylinder "keeps the piston from distorting".  If the clearance becomes zero, which is what you describe, the engine will seize.  It doesn't matter if you are at idle or full romp...no clearance, no run.

Anyone else had a spontaneous water leak in a solder joint under the kitchen sink?  I just did.  Only took 15 mins to fix, but still a little disconcerting.  Please don't ask who did the soldering in the first place.:scream:
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