Are the pistons balanced per rod??

[phoenix6]

So I left my GE pistons in Simple Green for 2 days, looked just now and ALL THE CARBON WIPED OFF.... but I noticed something. The pistons had numbers on them, all I saw on one so far was something like

< 3 - 2 (the dash indicates the center of the piston)

Another one I THINK said < 2 - 2

wtf does this stuff mean?

 

[pimptrizkit]

the arrows point towrads number one, you should have marked all the rods 1-6 along with the pistons, or kept them in order.

any ways, the piston pins are offset so if you put them in wrong you'll have some major problems.

 

[phoenix6]

Rods are getting changed, I just need to identify the pistons, wheres a write up on the rings and where to set them? The rings are still in the pistons, and the old rods still on them, but like I said, those are changing.

Whats this about the pins? How do I determine and measure the offset and so forth.

 

[phoenix6]

OK, read the TSRM, I get that, but NOW I have one question not in there...

Im replacing the rods from my GE with my GTE rods, but using my GE pistons. Do I reuse the piston pins from the GE pistons bc they match the pistons, or the ones from the GTE cuz they match the rods...?

NVM, I read more through it, I pretty much understand all the of it now, I really dont think Ill have many more questions at all.

The numbers that corrospond to the piston sizes are on the block already, and these are stock pistons, FTW