piston re-grooving

**fksrewind** · January 26th, 2008 11:29 AM

i'm having the worst time trying to find oversized piston rings for my toyota starlet gt turbo (4e-fte) and i've heard of a process which involves re-grooving the piston so that you can fit a different car make piston ring on to the original piston...is this safe? i've heard that its also pretty expensive but if its cheaper than re-sleeving each cylinder (about 2000 each) would it be worth it? i've heard of ceramic coating as a solution but i don't know the process, effectiveness, cost and availability of this in my area..thanks

**KBR** · January 26th, 2008 11:44 AM

Originally Posted by fksrewind

i'm having the worst time trying to find oversized piston rings for my toyota starlet gt turbo (4e-fte) and i've heard of a process which involves re-grooving the piston so that you can fit a different car make piston ring on to the original piston...is this safe? i've heard that its also pretty expensive but if its cheaper than re-sleeving each cylinder (about 2000 each) would it be worth it? i've heard of ceramic coating as a solution but i don't know the process, effectiveness, cost and availability of this in my area..thanks

sir, is your Pistons oversized as well?? also, I think you can find another set of Piston Rings from another Toyota engine. as long as you get the correct size of the Piston (diameter/bore) so you can match it. also, you can ceramic coat the Pistons but I am not sure about doing it on the Piston Rings (specially if the Rings are stock quality).

aite, peace.