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Turbo Tel

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I have been waiting almost 5 months for a set of Accralites. Avonbar are at the mercy of the suppliers and they only make them in batches but I'm approaching the time when I need to get this engine back together and still no pistons.. I'm climbing up the wall...

I can get Forged Omegas off the shelf, so the question is are the Accralites worth the wait??

Terry.

Edited by Turbo Tel on 20th Mar, 2008.

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Turbo Shed

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i personally went for the omega's and i dought there's any advantage to either. i'd go with the ones i could get hold of.


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Totally. The omegas are good pistons. You have the added benefit of knowing that if you take a single piston out, you can also buy one at a time from a supplier that has them on the shelf.

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I'm more than happy with my omegas as well.


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I have Omegas too.


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I have just got some omegas from med look the business. Was about a month ago and i had one of the last two sets that they had at the time!


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I run the Accralite, not had a problem with them, and I had great service and price from Avonbar. That said, I'd have no problems on using omega's either

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Turbo Tel

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On 20th Mar, 2008 TurboDave said:
Totally. The omegas are good pistons. You have the added benefit of knowing that if you take a single piston out, you can also buy one at a time from a supplier that has them on the shelf.



Good point.. I'll ask Ian Avonbar what the deal is..

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Ian says that the pistons are made and just need to be shipped to him, Maybe the end is in sight.. I bloody hope so I'm absolutely climbing the wall here...

Terry

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Most of the piston manufacturers can make custom sets, usually in 4-6 weeks or less.

Last time I got some custom made for my car ( needed 4 JE pistons ) they had them to me in about 3 weeks.
I got them from Dave Powell at Performance Unlimited in York.

Off the shelf is always handier though. But I wouldnt hesitate in getting custom made again.

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