Actually I talked to JE about that. The newest forged pistons don't have
the expansion problems that older ones do. They don't even have the common
dieseling noise that earlier forged pistons made when they were cold.
Needless to say I am going with JE pistons that are costing around $400 plus
$100 or so for rings. Potterman will sell you .020 factory oversize pistons
for $450 INCLUDING rings. Hope that helps!
And yes I still have my pistons. If you are interested let me know...
Later!
Mark Radelow
From: John Caldwell <[email protected]>
To: Francesco <[email protected]>
CC: <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: pistons
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 18:41:27 -0700 (PDT)
On Wed, 9 May 2001, Francesco wrote:
> Hey there guys
>
> i took apart my engine today which was smoking for a complete overhaul
and i
> need PISTONS cause there´s too much clearance than the bentley says so
what
> would be the way to go?
>
> stock pistons? don´t know yet
> autotech high performance pistons? $575 including NOTHING
> JE Custom Made ones $620 including rings
>
You don't need the "high performance" autotech or JE pistons unless you're
going to do forced induction or something like that (turbo, supercharger,
nitrous.). Forged pistons are a bad idea anyways- they have looser
tolerances because they expand more than cast pistons, and your car will
burn a little extra oil when warming up. Not a whole lot, though.
You also might try techtonics.. they sell stock oversize pistons. If your
car is a 1.8, you could also get a set of used stock 2.0 16v pistons.
Then you would end up with a 1.9L.
I don't know if he still has them, but ratlow had some 2.0 pistons....
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