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Re: JE pistons sprint
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:50 am
by tony g
PM sent Neil
Tony
Re: JE pistons sprint
Posted: Wed Jan 11, 2017 7:51 am
by tony g
Yes Paul if I get any luck with either supplier I'll post it up mate.
Tony
PaulB wrote: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
Re: JE pistons sprint
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:11 am
by 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
Re: JE pistons sprint
Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:53 am
by SprintMWU773V
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.
Re: JE pistons sprint
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:18 pm
by 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
Re: JE pistons sprint
Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:14 pm
by 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