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Hey i have had my car in for a rebuild for some time now... i have firstly waited some time to get some parts from japan which are needed. also my mechanic has been looking for a set of forged pistons for me and he came up with "Wiseco" being the best for price and quality... anyway i have been waiting for these pistons to be sent from the USA now for 3 months (its a fu@#ing joke). anyone ever had these problems or know of any place where i can get a set of these pistons asap? any help much appreciated

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Holy shit 3 months for a set of pistons i live in WA and my wiseco pistons were here in 2 weeks i will ask the mechanic were he got the from so fast i think he said that they came from over east.I will let you know tonight :confused:

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I know how you feel croat... I've been waiting just over 10 weeks for my Greddy plenum to come from Japan... I just found out last week that when the plenum was sent, some tool put the box with plenum in it, into another box full of oranges... So when it came into Perth customs, they quarantined it straight away... They only discovered it by accident...

I have an offical letter from customs saying that i will have it by the 30th...

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Thats pretty bad luck METBLUE... lol oranges... are JE pistons any good? i have a budget of about $2000 max, hopefully a bit less. Thanks killerT can u please let me know and bye bye where canu get these JE pistons and how long do they take to arrive cause apparently most pistons must be imported from the states?

Thanks...

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I've heard good things about JE, but you don't have to get all pistons from the US... If you go HKS or Tomei, they're Japanese, so you'll import them from Japan... Just gotta hope that they dont put them into a box with oranges... :)

Also i think it will cost a bit more than $2000 to get the pistons and install them, coz they gotta remove the engine and basically rebuild it... I got a quote to do forgies, camshafts, port and polish and the lot and thats going to cost over $8000.00 but i will be getting serious horsepower outta that, like in the 500 neddies region... Just to remove the engine and put it back together you'll be looking at an extreme minimum of $2000.00...

Just something to keep in mind...

Alan.

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Yeh met blue i know... my car is havinng a full engine rebuild cause it stuffed up about a month after i bought it. and so far it has been with my mechanic for just over 3 months. i thought since im having a rebuild i may as well go with forged pistons cause i hope to do lots of future work to the engine.

BYBY i will give unique a call to see what they say.

Also since u guys got your forged pistons in, what kind of horsepower difference did you get? do they improve he performance or just strengthen?

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Unfortunately i haven't got the forgies in yet... I plan on doing that next year some time... At the moment i'm busy putting an Autronic SM2 (new ECU) into the car, as well as 550cc injectors, fmic, greddy plenum scented with oranges :) ... I'm also in the process of getting a Garrett GT30 with external wastegate, high mount manifold, braided lines, dump pipe etc...

Now i'm really outta money, so the forgies will have to wait till next year... The other thing i will look at when doing the internals is trying to raise the redline in the car by putting new camshafts, springs, valves etc... Get it to rev a lot harder!!!

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..forgies dont add any performance - just strength for later mods. I think they are over-rated these days, if your engine is kept in good tune they are not really required - unless your going for really big boost and HP :)

Whats a set of cast pistons worth for an RB25? Are they readily available in Oz?

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Go with the Weisco's I have in my Skyline run 25psi all day everyday no probs. Shame I have to sell my car. If you are putting in forgies consider a RB30 Block. Awesome torque I am getting 900nm.

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Pawel, what sort of power are you putting out these days?

I've got about 330 at the rears in mine atm, with more to come when I get some bigger injectors.

What's 900nm translate to as tractive effort? Mine's making about 9500nm of tractive effort.

matt

Originally posted by pawel

Go with the Weisco's I have in my Skyline run 25psi all day everyday no probs. Shame I have to sell my car. If you are putting in forgies consider a RB30 Block. Awesome torque  I am getting 900nm.

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You just have to ask some of the Sydney boys on this forum who have seen my car on the Dyno. My car can run up to 30psi on BP ultimate not that I test it that often. See my previous threads and stories and hardships too.

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heheh :D

I've got the 25/30 combo in mine too... Although I run GTR cams and valvesprings & rev it to 7500 to make power rather than running lots of boost.

I'm pretty sure my turbo's bigger than yours tho... From memory yours was a T60-1? Mine's a T76.

matt

Originally posted by pawel

You just have to ask some of the Sydney boys on this forum who have seen my car on the Dyno. My car can run up to 30psi on BP ultimate not that I test it that often. See my previous threads and stories and hardships too.

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I have no doubt your car is making big numbers, my Turbo is a nice garrett config with Garbage Truck housing big. It doesn't matter now I am trying to sell it most people are to scared to drive or thing it's undrivable on the road which is all wrong on the road the car drives beautifully with boost coming on strong from 3500rpm. My redline is 8000rpm which I found out accidently on the weekend I will have to make it 7200 no point any higher. I am running a Haltech e6k.

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Very nice! :D Mine's kicking in hard from about 4000... The way the car drives is all in the tune tho. Obviously you've had someone who knows what they're doing tune your car. Mine's the same... Very dosile and tractable from as low as 1500rpm, but step on the gas and away she goes.

I know what you mean about being scary to drive... I had wheelspin in 4th gear on the roll until I put on new azenis rubber... With as much power as they have, you really need to take them to the track to get the most out of em.

That's the real problem with em too, they really only start to get really moving past 100...

Good luck selling it mate, if people in Melbourne are anything to go by, most people would have no idea just how quick the car is until they're in the passenger seat.

matt

Originally posted by pawel

I have no doubt your car is making big numbers, my Turbo is a nice garrett config with Garbage Truck housing big. It doesn't matter now I am trying to sell it most people are to scared to drive or thing it's undrivable on the road which is all wrong on the road the car drives beautifully with boost coming on strong from 3500rpm. My redline is 8000rpm which I found out accidently on the weekend I will have to make it 7200 no point any higher. I am running a Haltech e6k.

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