Originally Posted by hotrodharley
well i talked him into a steel[4340] crank and forged pistons with the 5.7 4340 i-beam rods[clearance reasons and i don't like iseal of wrist pin being into oil ring land] and stud the block also going with aluminum heads.convinced him pay now or pay later..he is only going to go with the baby 4-71 blower that uses single carb on it.
Use the Maule pistons if your worried about the pin being in the oil ring land we have seen no problems with the pistons with the ring spacers.