{"id":239,"date":"2017-05-06T00:59:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-06T00:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2017-05-03T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-03T12:00:17","slug":"burtons-oversized-pistons-for-ford-x-flow-kent-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Burton\u2019s Oversized Pistons for Ford  X-Flow Kent Engines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-221\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BurtonOvrsizedPiston-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BurtonOvrsizedPiston-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BurtonOvrsizedPiston-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BurtonOvrsizedPiston-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BurtonOvrsizedPiston-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BurtonOvrsizedPiston-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/BurtonOvrsizedPiston.jpg 1654w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Burton is pleased to announce the introduction of oversized pistons in a new size that was previously unavailable.<\/p>\n<p>The pistons are ideal for Kent engines running +0.090\u201d pistons which are now in need of a rebore. In the past this would have meant going to expensive forged pistons (+.090\u201d was the maximum size for a cast piston) or finding another engine block.<\/p>\n<p>The pistons have 4mm deep valve pockets meaning they will fit most performance camshafts (including 234 and 244) without any further piston modifications.<\/p>\n<p>The pistons are cast with highly stable invar inserts similar to the original Hepolite replacements.<\/p>\n<p>These pistons are made by an OE manufacturer and should not be confused with cheap Chinese imports.<\/p>\n<p>The compression ratio will be in the region of 10.6:1 in a 1600 engine (the exact figure will depend on block height, head gasket thickness, etc).<\/p>\n<p>The pistons can be ordered as part number 18647\/110 and retail at \u00a370.20 each incl. VAT making them considerably cheaper than custom made forged pistons.<\/p>\n<p>for further details contact Burton Power on 0208 554 2281<br \/>\nwww.burtonpower.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burton is pleased to announce the introduction of oversized pistons in a new size that was previously unavailable. The pistons are ideal for Kent engines running +0.090\u201d pistons which are now in need of a rebore. In the past this would have meant going to expensive forged pistons (+.090\u201d was the maximum size for a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/?p=239\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Burton\u2019s Oversized Pistons for Ford  X-Flow Kent Engines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eurotuningnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}