piston questions

My point was from a financial standpoint. He's had one failure. If he's going to BUY pistons (he may not) but if he IS, it's nonsense not to put a couple hundred more toward it and get forged. ...and that's from a cheapskate.
i agree entirely. however, i think there are better choices than those 405's or some other such. like, stop trying to spin or re-use whatever you've got and make it work when that's just gonna require more work or wind up with some cobbled together end product that's all half-***.

buy the **** that's right for the build.