Piston Preference's....? Wiseco -vs- Other's?
 

I'm building another ls/vtec project and was wanting to go with Wiseco since I've noticed better quality from them than others but just wanted to find out what you guy's like the MOST?

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CP/Wiesco are pretty much the way to go

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Wiseco's are nice, but for some reason, i always go with JE... not SRP, but JE pistons.

SRP are the same as JE, but dont pass JE standards specs. I'm runnin JE 9.0:1 .02's

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i have heard only good things about wiescos, i am going to be runiing those with tt rods on my d

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I personally dont like CP because the piston/wall clearance is crraazzy loose, and they are loud.. I'd go with Wiesco

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wiseco for me........btw how the hell do you pronounce that?

wise - co? or

wi - say - co

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arias because i like hearin a motor

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waaaayyysscooo

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we should make an encyclopedia on how to pronounce some of these manufacturer names im tired of hearing guys running around calling mugen-muggin and greddy- greedy :S not that it matters much

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it's wise-co

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ive put together 3 motors with CP's... all 3 were std bore and a quicky jeff frank hone job... all nice and quiet. The 2 loud motors I've built were using Arias and Srp's, straight up sounded like d16 diesals.

I'm a big fan of Endyn Pistons (rollerwaves) which are basically wiesco pistons.

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agreed srp pistons are loud, ive ran 2 sets.

anyone have any feedback on ross pistons??

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what is so bad about srp's, for the budget build? anyone found any clearance problems with the srp's?

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Not to knock you at all jeff. But it was probably because the piston/wall clearance was a little tight. CP's are the loosest of the loosest

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what do you mean the engine is loud? I wanna get some srps, and some eagle rods, block filler and boost 20psi :y

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Not to knock SRP's, but every where I found them I found that I could pay $30 more and get something like Wiseco's, CP's or something else. If I were going to stay low range I'd just get Suzuki's, not SRP's. The Suzuki's are much cheaper to replace :P

I heard a lot of hype about the CP's, but I've also recently heard a slew of failing CP pistons. However from what I understand all, or most, major piston companies get their raw materials from the same place. Their differences lie in the manufacturing processes.

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they are slapping the walls, cause they are loose in the bore.

sounds like a jetta TDI.

click click click click click click

also a good way to ware out an engine over time

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i pray i don't have piston slap its sounds horrible and like random said it kills the engine prematurely. i have the wisecos with cp gas nitride rings, pistons skits and tops coated.

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well i found on nopionline.com that they were selling them for like $370. also wouldnt you get the pistons and rods that you want first, then go to your machine shop and get it bored to that spec of the piston? it only makes sense to do that.

just go to nopionline.com and look under engine code b18b1.

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Wiseco's for me.

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well how much are Wiseco's compared to the srp's? i wouldnt mine doing the upgrade if they were a little bit more expensive

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I ordered mine from Summit for about $400-425 if I remember right.

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wtf, so do SRP's suck?
ive got a set that are just about to go in the boosted b
now im worried :l
there std bore p#149214
need more opinions, and fast

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I'm going with Wiseco's on my car. I used to ride dirtbikes a lot and it always seemed to me that the wiseco pistons on the bike would last longer and the motor would just feel better after being rebuilt. i'd say all of their pistons have would have same quality.

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srp's are just fine. but i would never stay stock bore. piston/wall clearances are not right if you do that.

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I have to agree with ALL of you guy's about the SRP's. Those Bastards are LOOSE as hell! Every time I started my car up after it cooled down a bit I'd hear tick tick tick tick and when I pulled the head and looked at em I could literly put my fingers on the top of the pistons and "wobble" them front to back in the bore and they too were Std. sized pistons. I used Wiseco in 2 other builds I've done and they just look,feel,and are just nicer quality. I also noticed that they are better designed and braced from the bottom side than my old SRP's were. I talked to the Owner of Wiseco once and he was telling me how Larry the owner of Endyn that make's the Rollerwave pistons, buy's the pistons from them at Wiseco and then just polish's out the sharper corners and angle's on the pistons to let flame travel be smoother. Then put's the Rollerwave name on it and sell's em out. Don't worry anyone with SRP's, I'm not saying your motor is going to blow up with them. I just personally noticed the quality difference myself between them and the Wiseco's

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there are other spec changes on the rollerwave piston besides smoothing. but i did the same to my wisecos i scotch brite the hell out of the sharp edges and then coated them they look hella sexy. i've had srp and wiseco side by side and its wiseco for teh win!

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