Submitted 6 hours ago by Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net to [deleted]
https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/6509f38a-a18e-40d7-94a9-c6ee3b0eecea.jpeg
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!
Can’t tell if serious or not…
Why paint if you could wrap them instead, preserving the original paintwork
As a mechanic, make sure to use BBQ paint for heat resistance.
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.
I work with engineers, and this is exactly how they are folks, trust me.
I thought this was the joke, but there’s another thread about BBQ sauce, so I’m not sure.
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.
You’ll need a lucite engine block to show off your shiny new pistons.
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.
You paint the outside, like big diesel manufacturers do. Red for speed, yellow for torque, blue for efficiency.
Found the Ork boy
No, paint 'em blue, they'll be luckier.
The piston might feel blue and lose speed there. Better keep it old and gold.
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.
I just pour some steel Shot Peen into a oil filler after an an engine rebuild
fubarx@lemmy.world 20 minutes ago
Image
Be fine, as long as they don’t skimp on the waterproofing.