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Originally Posted by Schurkey
Curious: Who does the shot-peening for you? I wouldn't know who to go to for shot-peening.
Every machine shop in America does shot-blasting as a parts-cleaning deal, but shot peening is a whole 'nother matter.
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And neither are going to make cast steel OEM rods "last forever".
I had the place that shot peens F-18 jet engine fans blades do a set of 455SD rods. It was not cheap and you got a test strip of metal blasted to a certain spec.
I had 1400$ into those rods.
And still they were not as strong as the 300$ generic 4340 H beams that replaced them.
I would like to see a TRW-Sealed Power forged 455 piston that has 1/16" rings. They all have 5/64 rings that I know of.