[TRADERMIKE 2012]

Originally Posted by Stan Weiss

Yes, the pistons were designed with a wrist pin offset and placed in the direction they were to quit the engine on cold start up. In the cases I have seen reversing the pistons at build time did no damage, it just made the engine run a little noisier. Remember almost all aftermarket pistons have no offset. Stan

Mikes reply:
That is good to know also, thank you folks for all this spectacular input, makes for a more thorough investigation/decision on my part, there is no right or wrong way, there is only my way, at the end.

P.S. The best thing to do is knuckle down and pull the Pistons, hone each Cylinder, then install new Bearings and Rings and never look back. Still on the Fence. I can tell you this, we are performing the Pontiac mod., as we speak, the holes in the Block are Taped and we are going out to find the 1/4" Brass/copper Plugs to fill them now.