Pistons .....
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I notice some talk about pistons going on ...

can you help me understand .

When I melt my pistons ( which is inevitable )

what are my choices then ? and How much would a set of pistons and rings cost ?

S

TurboLessTosser

MiniSpares Mega Turbo are based on the old AE 'turbo' piston - but only available in +040"...

omega cast turbo pistons ?235
omega forged turbo pistons ?425
there are some budget turbo ones i think cant recall the price though.
i dont know wther the omegas come in standard 1275 size or not but i'm sure someone does

omegas are +020 which makes a 1275 1293

Team Racing

do they only do +020 for turbo engines?

Edited by clubman_dan on 9th Jun, 2004.

and + 040

Team Racing

thought they must do more than one size for turbo use

the cheap ones are budget turbo ?120 from mini speed

Part numbers??

Sooperdooperturbocooperexpertengineering!

I think the code for the Minispeed budget piston is:
DONTBUYTH3M_TH3Y4R3CR4P

LOL the best thing youve said all day mate

Team Racing

too right, i would spend the extra few squid and get omegas. just thought i'de give the options, if someone was silly enought to want pistons from minispeed

Edited by clubman_dan on 9th Jun, 2004.

Oh... didnt realise you said minispeed.... i was thinking minispares, and couldnt remember seeing any cheep turbo pistons.

my days of shopping from minispeed are well and truly gone....

Sooperdooperturbocooperexpertengineering!

Does anybody know if Mahle pistons still make pistons for the A-Series ?
Website ?

Phil.

WWW.TURBO-MINI.COM

i bought all my stuff form AVOnBar
very pricey but IAN at avonbar has loads of time for me ; and I like that ; I phone them and he knows who I am
nver had service like that from anyone else

S

TurboLessTosser

yeah, he never tries to end the phone calls either until you do, he explains everyhitng which i like. I didnt know which intercooler pipe gasket i needed, or which plenum chamber one, so he sent me them all. he not too pushy either, probably makes too much money

Previous Engine: 1040cc Morespeed engine, 1275 turbo head T2 Turbo Mirage Manifolds Megajolt
Previous engine: STD metro turbo, megajolt
Drives: 399bananahp (flywheel) Honda Civic Vtec b18c4 T28 Turbo 1968 Mini

Megajolt maps to download: http://www.jamesfawcett.co.uk/cms/index.ph...&gid=3&Itemid=3

Shame he does know his arse from his elbow thou!

alex

AlexF

Bit naughty that comment Alex...

He knows enough to run a decent business and some pretty succesful racecars in the past...

I'm not saying he is a god, but equally he's not a total muppet!

I have only spoken to him twice...

Once was about fitting rear disks to a mk2 Scirocco... he gave me completely wrong advise and tried to sell me wrong parts. I say tired as I found out his advice was wrong before I brought the parts!

Second time, I ask him about tuning on turbo minis and he said nothign above 4psi of boost was possible on std CR and that even an intercooler would have no benifit at all....

I can only go by my personal experience, so I stand by my comments.

Running a decent buisiness is not necessarly a good pointer to a compitant and knowledage mechanic/engineer.... its more about a good head for business!!

alex

AlexF

and avonbar do very discret stickers.lol.

Everyone knows that instructions only have to be read if the thing doesn't work....

but advising against running more than 4psi is wise in my opinion - he doesn't know who u are, and that you actually know what you are talking about...
Imagine there is some joey out there with a badly set up engine, that's had the head skimmed a few times, coupled with a 'TIM' boost gauge, and who knows what advance setting... and if someone in a shop says "sure, 7psi should be fine"...
Well, you get my drift! Even though i tell people that with std CR, and 98RON fuel that maybe 10psi is possible once set up on a Rolling Road, the numbers who think they know what they are doing and ignore the RR advice, then moan about 'turbo reliability' is unbelievable!

I will admit, i used to think the same way about Hargreaves when i started out - but on the rare occasions i've chatted to him, and we've reached an understanding that i'm not just some punk with a bleed valve and colourtune, he's been ok... He certainly knows the differnce between a good and Bad oil pump - something minispares need to learn!

i take it no ones impressed with minispeed then

"He certainly knows the differnce between a good and Bad oil pump - something minispares need to learn! "

True !

Phil.

WWW.TURBO-MINI.COM

minispeed are worse...

I won't unleash my words against them... theres no need!!!

Atleast avonbar have been around a long time under the same name unlike Minispeed

alex

AlexF

just thought i'de let you guys know that my omegas arrived today and the quality is fantastic, i will reccomend them just on the looks, hopefully they are as solid as they look
DAN :)