From:Mark Hill e-mail:hillm@canton.edu
Subject:RE: RE: Heavy duty piston Date:Sun Jan 27 11:07:34 2013
Response to:4521
H Chris,

I think this stuff is real deal the part # predates the stock Deluxe rod by 2 #'s. The rod is completely different. I spoke with Barry today he thought AirCraft fot lightness ? Anyway it all came out of a real early deluxe engine. thanks for the input.

Mark

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Mark,
My dad told me once that some of the guys used Indian pistons for better performance but he never mentioned factory performance items. It is always a possibility though. There were also many more garage mechanics and machinists back then. Someone who bent a rod may have cast his own using an iron one for the mold. If you measure the rod is it the same length as an iron rod? The shrinkage is drastically different from Iron to Aluminum. That doesn't explain the number though. All we have left is speculation.
Chris

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Check out the cast struts almost like a C.P. Carrillo X fordging of today and look at the wall thickness and a full floater pin. This all came out of a early deluxe. Wells Bennett ? I dont know but I will say Schwinn was the man this is pretty advanced stuff for the time.

Mark