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Looking at a 16 turbo axys.
Tss/boost-it with a redline controller.
When should pistons be changed?
It has 1670 miles.
From what I seen on my friends stock pro I say 1500 miles on a non HO 800.
Thanks for the reply. What Sean found is the info I was looking for. Compression test on a two stroke motor is a lousy indicator for checking the condition of the pistons. It doesn't tell you what clearance they are at.My 16 axys has a mtntk turbo with 1600 miles and both cylinders showed 110psi at 4500 ft which is excellent. I took the sled up to mtntk to have some work done on it and decided to do there fix it kit while it was there. It ended up being a good thing as both pistons had a lot of wear according to Sean at mtntk.
Thanks for the reply. What Sean found is the info I was looking for. Compression test on a two stroke motor is a lousy indicator for checking the condition of the pistons. It doesn't tell you what clearance they are at.
It needs disassembled and pistons measured.
Did he say what the clearance had increased to?
Keep in mind that elevation also plays BIG in with compression readings-and doesn't do much for what your looking for.
I tore my16 turbo Axys down this summer with 2K boosted miles @ 7lbs just for grins....
There is not a magic mileage number any longer,and all my finding were in spec with respect to piston wear and zero scuffing.
After closer inspection, I discovered a nasty gouge in the wrist pin, so dodged a bullet there.
If your going to do it, (IMHO) do it right and send the mono block to Indy Spec and have the HG7 hone done to it.
I had them spec out the ring gap on the new pistons to the honed block,while it was there.
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Unless you know the piston is damaged, or the compression is significantly different from one side to the other, I wouldn’t worry about it until at least 2,000 miles.
I like the sound of this I used to run my turbo 1000 1500to 2000 miles on pistons I wonder what is common on the boondocker axys. Thanks
not me... stock has dun me right so when I slide a new set in it will be what came out because it worked! just don't need to "fix a problem" that's not their and don't want to save a few $$$ just to find out it wasn't worth it when my crank eats a piston skirt![]()