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Old 09-19-2008, 10:07 AM
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whats your opinion on these pistons? im looking for a good set of pistons and wondering what yall thought about them? Thanks in Advance Greg
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good pistons for sure, but ive had good luck with the diamonds i have now.
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best in town. buy from weber racing. great guys
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best in town. buy from weber racing. great guys
thats exactly who i was looking at ordering them from! i was just seeing how you guys like them and thought about them! Just seeing how people compared them to diamond pistons!
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They're top notch.
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There is a thread with the two of them fighting it out...LOL both are good pistons, we preffer to use the Wiseco in most of our builds although we do offer Diamond as well.
We are also very competative with our pricing.
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I chose Wiseco over Diamond bc off the shelf. The Wiseco's has more meat in between the ringlands over the diamonds. Especially the first one . Perfect for some Nitrous .
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I have run them in my talons and now have them in my 99 ta build. Don't hear too many complaints with the wisecos.
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i went with wiseco's through 99blancoss
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I used wiseco's in my last motor build ( but it was not a LS1 ) either way the quality was top notch and I was extremely satisfied. One thing to note, the wiseco's I used went into a Integra motor and honda uses offset wrist pins, Wiseco is the only manufacturer that I noticed that also used an offset wrist pin, that kinda pushed me toward them also... They have a huge following in the honda/import market and have never heard a single complaint about them while I heard miscellneous things about almost every other manufacturer, even the Diamond pistons of imports, CP, they are supposed to have the tightest quality control etc, but yet had multiple issues with pistons chipping at the valve reliefs etc... my vote is Wiseco
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Originally Posted by 00pooterSS
I used wiseco's in my last motor build ( but it was not a LS1 ) either way the quality was top notch and I was extremely satisfied. One thing to note, the wiseco's I used went into a Integra motor and honda uses offset wrist pins, Wiseco is the only manufacturer that I noticed that also used an offset wrist pin, that kinda pushed me toward them also... They have a huge following in the honda/import market and have never heard a single complaint about them while I heard miscellneous things about almost every other manufacturer, even the Diamond pistons of imports, CP, they are supposed to have the tightest quality control etc, but yet had multiple issues with pistons chipping at the valve reliefs etc... my vote is Wiseco
Thanks man for your input looking like im gonna be ordering some wiseco pistons and some eagle h-beam connecting rods here in the next week!
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guys, thanks for the positive comments. We're developing mores new LS combinations for LS for 2009. Keep an eye around SEMA/PRI time for updates to the LS listings on our website. We're trying to fill in some holes in the compression ratio offerings. Also, we've made an update to the LS forgings as well that dial them in a bit closer to our LS multifit valvepockets--which will reduce weight a bit and keep the thickness more constant in the crown area. Not cheap to do, but the right thing. We'll be at the LSX shootout if you want to meet us in person. -Brian Nutter-Wiseco Piston
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Can't go wrong with Wiseco, Diamond or Mahle for Gen III/IV apps




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