Smokey might have been right about a lot of things, but he's all wet on this one. The purpose of an offset wrist pin is to assure the piston skirt is pressed firmly against the cylinder wall before the spark plug fires. Letting the piston "float" in the cylinder at the moment of plug firing will increase two things- - - -noise, and the risk of breaking the piston skirt as it slams against the cylinder when the combustion pressure hits the top of the piston. Doing race stuff on a street engine is beyond belief- - - - -forged racing pistons are usually made without offset pins, possibly confirming Smokey's opinion, but I've yet to build a racing engine over the past 50+ years that was not totally worn out in less than a thousand miles on the dirt track- - - - -usually a LOT less!
Jerry

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Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
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