UPbansheeRacer Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 My banshee is stock bore and im looking to rebuild it this fall before i ice race this winter. Do the superstock pistons really give u more horsepower? or would i be better off going with a set of wisecos? And would you guys recommend ordering oem gaskets and using them instid of aftermarket? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATVridinMaNiAc Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 My vote is wiseco prolites and cometic gaskets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toytech Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 if you don't have any porting done the vito's piston will give you a little bit more, the vito's piston is forged by wiseco and vito does the machineing. I used to run them and liked them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulvafan537240 Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 if you don't have any porting done the vito's piston will give you a little bit more, the vito's piston is forged by wiseco and vito does the machineing. I used to run them and liked them. agreed. wiseco makes the piston and my bro in law used superstock pistons in his stock banshee and you could tell a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guns4children Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 I vote super stock. I put them in my stocker a few years ago and LOVED them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATVridinMaNiAc Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 So lets say after you install these pistons and then you get you're bike ported later would that kind of clash with eachother or anything having these pistons? or would they work fine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheerider11 Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 So lets say after you install these pistons and then you get you're bike ported later would that kind of clash with eachother or anything having these pistons? or would they work fine? No good. Vitos cuts the exhaust side so it opens sooner. Basically like raising the exhaust port. Now a good shop will have there personal port timings. And they do the exhaust, so if they raise it and you run the ss you're throwing there timings off and making your motor inefficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willardwright59 Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 im running vitos ss in my girls banshee. it runs good. i pulled the head off to change o-rings and you can still see the cross hatching. its a very reliable motor too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfrjag Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 if you run the vitos piston then get porting later, get new pistons too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Good chance you're getting porting and will need to get bored/honed after. Good porters will port anything, but if they have a preference, it's port than bore/hone, JUST IN CASE you have an uh oh moment and hit the cylinder, etc. That being said...both are a good choice. Can anyone that used the SS pistons tell me they replaced good pistons with SS? Afterall, if you had a worn set of pistons and rings and replaced them, it's going to run stronger regardless of the piston design... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guns4children Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Good chance you're getting porting and will need to get bored/honed after. Good porters will port anything, but if they have a preference, it's port than bore/hone, JUST IN CASE you have an uh oh moment and hit the cylinder, etc. That being said...both are a good choice. Can anyone that used the SS pistons tell me they replaced good pistons with SS? Afterall, if you had a worn set of pistons and rings and replaced them, it's going to run stronger regardless of the piston design... Got me there. But I would say it ran harder then ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATVridinMaNiAc Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Interesting stuff...i never really knew about the SS pistons but sounds like an awesome choice on certain applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toytech Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Good chance you're getting porting and will need to get bored/honed after. Good porters will port anything, but if they have a preference, it's port than bore/hone, JUST IN CASE you have an uh oh moment and hit the cylinder, etc. That being said...both are a good choice. Can anyone that used the SS pistons tell me they replaced good pistons with SS? Afterall, if you had a worn set of pistons and rings and replaced them, it's going to run stronger regardless of the piston design... I took out good stock pistons and put in the vito's pistons and there was a very noticable gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WINDYCITYJOHN400 Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Yeah, they are gaining 6-7 HP on a stock cylinder and are a great choice if you don't have the money to get porting + pistons. Once you get the porting, you'll need Wiseco pistons at that point. But you probably won't get porting till your ready for the next rebuild. NOTE: 7 more HP will require that you re-jet! Start out fat and work your way down from there......most of the issues that people have with any piston is jetting related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
94BANSHEE Posted August 20, 2012 Report Share Posted August 20, 2012 Hi guys had a question... When I get Herr racing to port my stock cylinders what would be the toughest and most reliable piston? I assume wiseco but do they have a few different choices for the banshee? Would forged wisecos be the best best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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