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[94BANSHEE]

hi. i REALLY need a top end kit for my banshee. its's at .20 over now and i didn't blow her up

 

or anything, that happened the first time, its just really low compression, hard to start and its been

 

years. i have 2 questions.

 

1. my cylinders and engine are completely stock, except for pipes and rad valves.

i bored it out .20 a few years ago, and that's about it on the engine. i want to go with

Vito's pistons that i heard so much about, but i dont know which type would be good for me?

he has different kinds on his site. i used Wiseco my 1st time i blew it up, but i get all these

different people saying Wiseco makes Vito's, and on and on. i really would just like the proper

pistons for my application. i know Vitos makes "forged" and other kinds, but i dont know

what the differences are in materials. im not too smart in this area. i dont race my bike.

just trails and roads and open fields like that. what would u guys get from Vito's ?

 

2. im not living at home right now, been working and staying quite far from

home thesedays. my question is, i would like to have them already at home before i arrive

so i can start working on it right away. so i want to order them now and when i get back home,

they are already there. i didn't even look at the cylinders yet or take the old set out,

'coz my brother starts it up for me once a week. but i know that i still need a kit.

since i didnt blow these pistions up, would it be ok to order new ones without having looked inside the cylinders? would i be taking a chance in case my cylinders would need repair? or since it starts

and runs fine does that mean the cylinders are ok? just clean 'em up ??

 

thanks for listening to me, sorry 'bout the long posts.

 

any help would be great. thanks

[Noob Banshee]

Yeah your in the same boat as me. I got a crashed one that im fixing im pretty sure it would have ran pretty good.... but i didnt want to take a chance so im doing it anyway. When i pulled my cylinders they looked pretty good .... but i wanna make sure. im not going to race it(i dont think) its been bored it 50 and had them resurfaced at my work Napa for free.... but they didnt send send me the size it was.

[J.J.]

hi. i REALLY need a top end kit for my banshee. its's at .20 over now and i didn't blow her up

 

or anything, that happened the first time, its just really low compression, hard to start and its been

 

years. i have 2 questions.

 

1. my cylinders and engine are completely stock, except for pipes and rad valves.

i bored it out .20 a few years ago, and that's about it on the engine. i want to go with

Vito's pistons that i heard so much about, but i dont know which type would be good for me?

he has different kinds on his site. i used Wiseco my 1st time i blew it up, but i get all these

different people saying Wiseco makes Vito's, and on and on. i really would just like the proper

pistons for my application. i know Vitos makes "forged" and other kinds, but i dont know

what the differences are in materials. im not too smart in this area. i dont race my bike.

just trails and roads and open fields like that. what would u guys get from Vito's ?

 

2. im not living at home right now, been working and staying quite far from

home thesedays. my question is, i would like to have them already at home before i arrive

so i can start working on it right away. so i want to order them now and when i get back home,

they are already there. i didn't even look at the cylinders yet or take the old set out,

'coz my brother starts it up for me once a week. but i know that i still need a kit.

since i didnt blow these pistions up, would it be ok to order new ones without having looked inside the cylinders? would i be taking a chance in case my cylinders would need repair? or since it starts

and runs fine does that mean the cylinders are ok? just clean 'em up ??

 

thanks for listening to me, sorry 'bout the long posts.

 

any help would be great. thanks

Wish it would be that easy, but it's not.

 

You will have to measure the ID of the cylinders to do the job properly, no way around it.

You should also take a look at the cylinders to confirm no visible damage, before you buy the pistons.

 

If you really have to get the pistons before you get home, then go for the next size up and have the machinest bore the cylinders to match the new pistons. Hopefully there is no damage to the cylinders and they only require a clean-up cut to the next oversize. This is a chance you're gonna have to take...

 

As for Vito's, right now I'm using Vito's Super Stock Forged pistons and they work allright, no problems so far. Don't know about the extra 6 HP or so they were quoting, I didn't feel it.

 

Due to different rates of expansion, forged pistons have to be warmed up carefully before you start hammering the bike.