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wiseco pistons??
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Tue, 06 August 2002 22:47
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hey all,
I had the number once upon a time for a distributor in sydney that sold wiseco pistons..
Im after a price on full forgies for a GZE..
Does anyone know anyone/anywhere i can get a set?
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I supported Toymods
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Re: wiseco pistons??
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Tue, 06 August 2002 23:32
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they are available in australia through Serco
phone: 07 3823 3833
fax: 07 3823 3611
email: sales@serco.com.au
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Re: wiseco pistons??
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Tue, 06 August 2002 23:40
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do you know what they are worth?? just curious
thanks
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Re: wiseco pistons??
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Wed, 07 August 2002 03:55
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well for everyones sake..
I rang that place..
$990 for four.. Then u need some rods.  hehehe
I think ill buy a series 2 GZE for $1000 and strip it..
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Re: wiseco pistons??
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Wed, 07 August 2002 03:58
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Argo Rods, Newcastle (I don't think that's their correct business name), or Ridgecrest, down here in Seaford. Ridgecrest will make you some titanium jobbies for about 3K!
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Re: wiseco pistons??
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Wed, 07 August 2002 12:24
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whats wrong with the factory toyota late model GZE pistons? Forged & ceramic coated!
Or do you need something custom, for different rods or compression or something?
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Wed, 07 August 2002 21:21
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Ridgecrest do excellent work....Titanium is good in a high revving drag motor, but for street work you will be replacing them every couple of years...and at around 4k a set it gets costly....Titanium is very light and strong but it doesnt have a long fatigue resistance.....eventually the constant torsional loads end up wearing it out....where as forged steel will almost last for ever....aluminium is inbetween titanium and steel for rods....it will fatigue after some time also...
You don't need rods to run forged pistons.....$1K for a set is dead cheap, they are forged hypereutectic alloy afaik....so high in silicon content and very very light and strong, but normally require a slight bore of the cylinders....standard rods should hold out Corvid
Michael
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Re: wiseco pistons??
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Wed, 07 August 2002 22:05
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Absolutely Michael, but I was just joking about the titanium rods! 
And, correct, you don't need new rods to run forgies. However, people who get a custom forged piston sometimes decide to change the comp height of the piston and run a longer rod to help increase the upper rev limit of their engine, ie improve conrod:stroke ratio. Probably totally unrequired on a supercharged 4 cylinder. Also incredibly exensive!
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Wed, 07 August 2002 23:09
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Ill be honest, no point raising the rev limit of the GZE unless you plan to turbo it...the blower makes no usable power after 6K rpm hehe.... the curve just drops off....
INEFFICIENCY is what I think they call it hehehe =]
Actually Giant I thought for a high revving motor you run a shorter rod, and a have a piston with longer flanks so it pulls harder from TDC and to TDC, a long rod dwells at TDC longer then accelerates...but if I am wrong correct me!!!
Irregardless Corvid, unless you plan to make 500hp forget RODS.....cost you around $1600 for a set...and for street I would only go forged steel. Maybe a tad lighter than standard but around 50 times stronger.....and steel has a huge fatigue resistance =]
Only advantage of alloy is it absorbs massive torsional loads because its softer, taking some load off the crankshaft..but again this will only affect it on the harmonics and high revs =]]
Worth getting your whole internals balanced also if your going to pull the motor down =]]]] I bet theyare out of balance by a long way!
Michael
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the other night.. with a boxster s.. I had him to about 80 then up top it was all over.. If i had turbs i wouldv 
his ass.. 
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