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Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? #1000813 05/27/11 02:55 PM 05/27/11 02:55 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,537 Florida STAYcation dOc ! OP The village idiot's idiot
dOc ! OP The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,537 Florida STAYcation	.. the good, the bad, the ugly ? .... and hopefully NOT the one that charged 15 huN for a set ..

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: dOc !] #1000814 05/27/11 03:07 PM 05/27/11 03:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,696 in a cattle trailer down by th... G Guitar Jones Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!
Guitar Jones Paddle faster! I hear banjo music! G Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,696 in a cattle trailer down by th...	I've bought custom pistons from Ross, about $700 but that was more than 15 years ago. The last set I bought were Wisecos at about $1000. Never had any problems with either of them. "Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind" '92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion. '74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost conversion. 2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: Guitar Jones] #1000815 05/27/11 03:09 PM 05/27/11 03:09 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,537 Florida STAYcation dOc ! OP The village idiot's idiot
dOc ! OP The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,537 Florida STAYcation	Did you get an extra one ?

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: dOc !] #1000816 05/27/11 03:13 PM 05/27/11 03:13 PM
Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 Quebec, Canada D Diablo super stock
Diablo super stock D Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,107 Quebec, Canada	about 1300 for pistons rings, pin for my custom J/E's. They looked and seem just perfect

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: dOc !] #1000817 05/27/11 03:13 PM 05/27/11 03:13 PM
Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 19,318 State of confusion T Thumperdart I Live Here
Thumperdart I Live Here T Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 19,318 State of confusion	My machinest ordered some custom JE pistons and pins for my last build and they were spot on, delivered in a timely fashion and cost $887.00 through him(I know). No complaints other than the mark up..... 72 Dart 470 n/a BB stroker street car `THUMPER`...Check me out on FB Dominic Thumper for videos and lots of carb pics......760-900-3895.....

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: dOc !] #1000818 05/27/11 03:32 PM 05/27/11 03:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,696 in a cattle trailer down by th... G Guitar Jones Paddle faster! I hear banjo music!
Guitar Jones Paddle faster! I hear banjo music! G Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 20,696 in a cattle trailer down by th...	Quote: Did you get an extra one ? No I did not. I figure if I need an extra one I got more problems than just a piston. Besides they will usually only make them in lots of 4. "Follow me the wise man said, but he walked behind" '92 D250 Club Cab CTD, 47RH conversion, pump tweaks, injectors, rear disc and hydroboost conversion. '74 W200 Crew Cab 360, NV4500, D44, D60 and NP205 divorced transfer case. Rear disc and hydroboost conversion. 2019 1500 Long Horn Crew Cab 4WD, 5.7 Hemi.

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: Guitar Jones] #1000819 05/27/11 03:36 PM 05/27/11 03:36 PM
Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,537 Florida STAYcation dOc ! OP The village idiot's idiot
dOc ! OP The village idiot's idiot Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 30,537 Florida STAYcation	LOTS of 4 ? ..... why that # ? BTW .... what do they consider a BULK order on one style and size piston ... maybe with only a diff CD ?

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: dOc !] #1000820 05/27/11 05:05 PM 05/27/11 05:05 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,226 Park Forest, IL slantzilla Too Many Posts
slantzilla Too Many Posts Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 20,226 Park Forest, IL	One thing I can tell you is ask the price BEFORE ordering. I got a set of 8 Ross custom thick top nitrous pistons for my Slant. This is a Chevy blank to start with, but they charged $40 per piston to move the pin hole down .100" from the stock Slant placement. 8 pistons, rings, and 8 stock Slant wrist pins were $1300. "Everybody funny, now you funny too."

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: dOc !] #1000821 05/27/11 05:08 PM 05/27/11 05:08 PM
Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 833 MN hemidup super stock
hemidup super stock Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 833 MN	Quote: LOTS of 4 ? ..... why that # ? BTW .... what do they consider a BULK order on one style and size piston ... maybe with only a diff CD ? Don't know, but when ording custom Ross pistons for a Slant 6 build they shipped us 8. Also paid for 8 lol. Jerry Williams.

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: hemidup] #1000822 05/27/11 06:21 PM 05/27/11 06:21 PM
Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,091 Delray beach, Florida P Performance Only top fuel
Performance Only top fuel P Joined: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,091 Delray beach, Florida	Quote: Quote: LOTS of 4 ? ..... why that # ? BTW .... what do they consider a BULK order on one style and size piston ... maybe with only a diff CD ? Don't know, but when ording custom Ross pistons for a Slant 6 build they shipped us 8. Also paid for 8 lol. wish you would of called me before you ordered. i would've gotten you the number of pistons you needed and at a considerably lower price. machine shop owner and engine builder

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: dOc !] #1000823 05/27/11 06:43 PM 05/27/11 06:43 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio Challenger 1 Too Many Posts
Challenger 1 Too Many Posts Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 28,312 Cincinnati, Ohio	I buy 4-5 boxes of Aries at a time. There's 10 in a box. They cost right around 700 a box. Brooks rods bought 5 sets at a time cost $600 bucks a set. I have about a hundred of each right now that are scrap. Was at the scrap yard today and they said they would pay .55 cents a pound for them. That's where they going here soon.

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: Challenger 1] #1000824 05/27/11 07:11 PM 05/27/11 07:11 PM
Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,446 NJ-USA H HPMike master
HPMike master H Joined: May 2005 Posts: 6,446 NJ-USA	I buy from all of the majors. Diamond and CP seem the most accomodating, but never really had any issue with any of them. MB

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: HPMike] #1000825 05/27/11 07:14 PM 05/27/11 07:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,732 Portage,michigan B B3422W5 I Live Here
B3422W5 I Live Here B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,732 Portage,michigan	Bought a set of Cp's and 043 rings to go with them a few years back, about a grand, zero problems.. If they are correctly told exactly what a person wants done, most all of them are mighty sharp. 69 Dart GTS A4 Silver All steel, flat factory hood, 3360race weight 418 BPE factory replacement headed stroker, 565 lift solid cam Best so far, low 10.30’s 1/4 1.41 best 60 foot 6.56 at 104.17

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: B3422W5] #1000826 05/27/11 10:00 PM 05/27/11 10:00 PM
Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,330 Lynchburg, VA Leon441 master
Leon441 master Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 4,330 Lynchburg, VA	Ross and Diamond I have had good luck with. Rick at CP would do anything to help you also. I prefer Ron at Diamond the most. Leon Career best 8.02 @ 169 at 3050# and 10" tires small block power.

Re: Your experience with custom piston manufacturers ...?? [Re: Leon441] #1000827 05/27/11 11:06 PM 05/27/11 11:06 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI MR_P_BODY Master
MR_P_BODY Master Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 52,972 Romeo MI	I have bought Ross, Diamond, Venoila,and CP... never had any problems but I prefer CP and Diamond due to cost Diamond is probably the cheapest on customs

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