Do the JE pistons have to go a certain way or are they identical and can go either way. I know I am an idiot but I just need to know.

From what JE told me, the "JE" logo faces the exaust side of the motor. The logo is on the underside of the piston. JE said that they manufacture all thier pistons like that. I'm not sure how important it is for the pistons to be directional, but as long as they are all similar, ie all the JE logos are in the same direction. I just followed JE's recomendations.

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No they're not directional.

Are you positive dougie....god I hope you are cause I just checked and on three of my pistons the JE symbol is facing the exhaust side and one is facing the wrong damn way.

They are not diectional. We mic'd one when assembling my motor and there is no pin offset.

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So even though I have one facing to the intake side....i should be all set. I hope I really dont wanna take it back apart...ya know.

Well i'm a perfectionist, and all faced the same way on my motor, along with all the rods facing the same way. Prob not essential to do, but its more professional that way. I'm sure you will be fine though. I just stated what JE directly told me, so since they make the pistons, they should know how to install them.

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Yes, I'm 100% positive.

So dougie I can leave it as I have it now and have nothing to worry about. Thanks for the help.

Yes, you will be fine, nothing to worry about. I'm just anal haha

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-2000 Honda CR-V(daily)

It's not being a perfectionist, i mean, if you were building an engine, generally I would hope most people would follow a pattern, even though in this case it doesnt matter, still it's just normal i think. But on the other hand, if I messed up and got the engine back in and one of the logos was backwards, and they werent directional, i'd say fxck it and go break that baby in for sure

yeh I dug up a really long post and the JE logo faces towards the exhuast, but like Darkone said its the same from one side to the other so it doesn't matter. But if it were me I'd at least make sure all the JE logos are facing one direction.

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Well I did it....I took it apart and put them the right way. Took me all of 10 mins. All the JE symbol's facing the exhaust side. Thanks for the help fellas.