JE pistons sprint

[tony g]

PM sent Neil

Tony

[tony g]

Yes Paul if I get any luck with either supplier I'll post it up mate.

Tony

Tony,
I too would like a set of JE pistons. I tried a little while ago to contact JE in the States via email and got no reply.
If you make contact could you let us know?
Thanks

[tony g]

Quick update, Omega got back to me. Basically minimum order of 12 pistons @£150 each including vat. That means at £600 per set I wont bother. The engines dont make enough power to warrant it in my opinion unless you were detonating a lot and forged are a little more forgiving.
I am currently working on a set of hypereutectic VW air cooled pistons that need some modification to fit but they cost less than £190 for a set of 4 This wont be a quick thing but I'll do a write up when I get it going. I am putting together another short block to use after I get fuel injection sorted on existing engine

Tony

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It's the 12 off that causes the problem. £600 for a set of forged pistons is actually very good. It's well over £600 now for a set of County or JP Cast ones from the usual suppliers.

[tony g]

Its very big money for pistons in my opinion and an alternative may be on the cards for a fair bit less and from a source that will never dry up as its a VW thing

Tony

[tony g]

I made some small end bushes to take the VW 22mm pin 2017-03-05_06-39-01 by tg1mm, on Flickr
2017-03-05_06-38-09 by tg1mm, on Flickr. They need to be final honed to fit then get the block prepped

Tony