The 360 build that has more turns than Willow Springs

JoePole1 said
Another nice choice for LA style pistons is the H116CP. May want to look a those Mr Kern. They are on my radar. Wish I had your roller block for sure. Great starting point.

Those are what was in this engine:

Killer6 said
Yeah, that's the weak spot in SB head gaskets,... and where they fail when there's excess pressure/detonation/pre-ignition....
What do the piston crowns look like? That's a systemic problem there, big time.....lean condition, high temps, timing way off, crap octane.....combo..

All the pistons look about the same. Some carbon but it cleans off with solvent and a Scotch Brite. I was hoping that I could reuse these but a few cylinders need to be bored just to clean up the rust pits. I may keep these for a future build of another engine.
I go back and forth with every big decision and piston choice is yet another one of those. If using those Magnum based pistons means compression drops to 8.5 to 1 or lower, I'd skip the idea of using them.