No, the transfer windows have long closed at TDC so what you do with the skirt doesn't come into play at this point in the cycle.tea5ive wrote:when looking from the base of the cylinder up the bore with the piston in and at tdc the two smaller transfers are obscured by the piston skirt, is it worth trimming back the skirt ?
However, it's worth aligning the piston in the correct plain with the transfer windows just opening (being uncovered as the piston moves from TDC to BDC) to then see if the skirt obstructs the transfer cut outs in the base of the cylinder.