Alright im about to buy a motor 22re from a 89 it is missing one of the pistons. dk what happened its just not there.

i have my 22re ima use for parts. most of its new water pump etc.
if im not mistaking you wouldnt want to use my pistons bc my piston are shaped to my block. right? or wrong. or could i use them?

 

Yes it would probably be a bad idea to run mismatched pistons due to different compression ratio different wear etc. So I would plan on a full new set of pistons at least, and if your going to go to that trouble you may as well rebuild the whole thing imo

 

Yeah. i knew i couldnt just take one. i was gonna take all my pistons and put them in it. if it would work.
i just dont wanna spend 300 on a new set rings and pistons

 

$150 aint so bad. lol wrong price

 

How many miles does your original engine have? cause unless its low your at least gonna need new rings or they probably won't seat right

 

Sorry didn't catch that soon enough, is that 150 for just rings or rings and pistons?

 

it has 190k. idk if it was rebuilt before i got it. he said it wasnt before. so idk.
yeah 150 from lc engeenering.
im about to price a full rebuild from engnrebuild.

 

Seems like if one is changing the rings, the pistons shouldn't matter unless one is "taller"
I'd think if one took the 3 they had and another that looked the same to someone smart, that could weight and measure to see if they are going to play nicely together or not?
May be cheaper than a new set?
Gotta get to know your local machine shop anyhow right

Repo

 

yeah true. but if i gotta take apart the motor then i might as well bore it over and do a full rebuild

 

As long as it is the same style piston and diameter your fine( that is, if it is in good shape. Not worn out of spec). You will need to use new rings though.

 

Alright thanks a lot for the reply. Ima try to not bore it over and new pistons and full rebuild if i dont have to. on a budget. but arent we all. lol

 

Why not rebuild the motor you have and skip buying the other motor? Or is it damaged?

 

One of the valves is stuck on the head. thats one big thing.

 

Thats usually easy to fix. Why and how is it stuck.

 

I been fighting with this motor for 6 months. Almost everything on it is new. Just one thing after another. Not really big things but I could have bought a new motor for all the parts I have put on it. It's just one of them things tired of fighting with it.