Form over function

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• smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Don’t do this.

  You’re supposed to season pistons and rods like you would a cast iron fry pan. I like to use a combination of canola and beef tallow, but a 5W20 works in a pinch.

  Remember kids, a happy piston is a varnished piston. Keep those oil rings in place, make sure they’re good and solid!

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• boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why paint if you could wrap them instead, preserving the original paintwork

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• Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  As a mechanic, make sure to use BBQ paint for heat resistance.

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  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    As an engineer, do not paint the pistons at all. If the paint stays on it adds resistance and if it doesn’t then it gums up the engine.

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    • Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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    • gigastasio@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I work with engineers, and this is exactly how they are folks, trust me.

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• muxika@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  All I saw was Sauron

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  • sik0fewl@piefed.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I thought this was the joke, but there’s another thread about BBQ sauce, so I’m not sure.

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• wuffah@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Make sure to sand them first with a rough grit or the paint won’t stick. You can also add sugar to your gas tank to make your sick piston paint job super sweet.

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• X@piefed.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  For guaranteed extra performance, get a student machinist to mill Z3 vents on the tops of the pistons. Less aero drag means pistons reciprocate faster, faster pistons means more powah.

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• zakobjoa@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well painting them black makes your car seem kinda sad. If you’d painted them red, that’d given you at least an extra 10-15 HP per piston.

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  • Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net ⁨31⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Found the Ork boy

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  • real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You paint the outside, like big diesel manufacturers do. Red for speed, yellow for torque, blue for efficiency.

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  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, paint 'em blue, they'll be luckier.

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• mercano@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You’ll need a lucite engine block to show off your shiny new pistons.

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• PacMan@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I just pour some steel Shot Peen into a oil filler after an an engine rebuild

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