Vitaras also have a very thick crown. With how the 1.7 stroker setups bump CR up to a horrible 9:1 CR, lathing a piston down is one of the ways in which we've discussed lowering CR back down to a heavenly 7.5:1.
I do this to DI diesel pistons a lot, which is fun because the combustion chamber is eccentric to the O.D.
By the way its called "turning", not "lathing".
Turning is every bit as inaccurate as lathing. It's a garbage baby word meant to communicate with simpletons. The actual machining operations possible on a lathe are cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation. The procedure being discussed, if it's called anything, is cutting.
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