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Old Jan 15, 2015 | 03:51 PM
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Would it be wiser to go with a new cylinder piston combo or have existing cylinders bored?
 

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Would it be wiser to go with a new cylinder piston combo or have existing cylinders bored?
Have your cylinders bored/honed to fit the new pistons.
 
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Old Jan 15, 2015 | 04:16 PM
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bore yours,cylinders are already tempered and its cheaper
 
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A third vote for boring your stock cylinders....Take them to 98"
 
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Old Jan 16, 2015 | 05:33 AM
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And yes, bore the existing cylinder to 3.937".
We just had another huge shipment of our proprietary Wiseco piston/gasket kits arrive here the other day, in both 98" and 107".
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