Problem with Diamond pistons. *Resolved by Diamond*
he went threw Fox lake who i guess is one of the top stang guys, they did his heads and ordered him a set of pistions. well, he got the pistons, put the hole motor together, and found with clay, that the valve reliefs where in the wrong spot. Now, this is on a factory style head, nothing fancy. fox lake said they even sent a clay mold. so anyway, he called, and diamond said, well, we can fix it, but it will be 2-3 weeks (after waiting a month+) he said thats not good, i want them asap, it should be top of the list, you screwed up, fix it. so he said, (he being Ron from diamond) send them back, they pay to ship them, Dimond gets them back, my buddy tells them exact locations and what has to be changed. Diamond sends them back, now the valve relief is in the right spot, but they CUT the dome off!!!!!! why?? not to sure, now Ron wont answer his calls, wont call back ect ect. In my opinion he ows them a new set of correct pistions! after getting the motor together (paying to have it all balanced and all) paying to ship them, getting them back cut, (now he has to balace again!!!! $300+) and they have a smaller wall, and less compresion so his hole setup is off now.
not sure if Diamond is to blame 100%, but atleast give the kid the curtosy of a call back!!!
is this going to stop me from using Diamond? no, like i said myself and many others have had great luck, and they make great stuff, but maybe they should check out there customer service towards Loue
call the kid back. now what he is doing is, putting it together and setting it up the same, he is going to hit it, and hope to not burn a pistion, but it will take more spray to run the # he is looking for, and without the extra metal on the top, who knows.ps, i think his is my first post i started saying somthing bad about a sponser, but im sure i will get my flamming.
but like i said, i have had great luck, maybe if someone from diamond sees this they can clear up the issue, or atleast give there side of the story (maybe fox lake is to blame??? thanks again, and i hope it works out.
if someone wants to talk in person (the public stuff sucks sometimes) im fine with that. call my cell, anytime.
1-978-375-2143
if i could find out asap because he is putting the motor BACK together tonight, but i told him to hold off on that part for now. there may be light at the end of his tunnle.
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mods, Diamond made good on this, so if you want to deliet it, i dont want people to just see the bad. diamond fixed it.
To make matters worse, I ask Bill what options I have and he says that he carries a lightweight wristpin that is 20g lighter than the ones I have- PERFECT! I paid $55 for the pins but when I open them up they are way too short. The pins are 2.500" and the ones I need are 2.950". I call Bill and tell him they won't work. I ask for a refund on the pins and he won't do it. He just kept talking in circles and will only give me a credit.
So now I have 3 light pistons, 5 heavy pistons, and a $55 credit at Diamond that I won't use. The cost of the 5 lightweight pistons I need are going to cost as much as I paid for the whole set and Diamond does not make the heavy ones anymore so ordering just those three are not an option. I don't understand why they can't take care of this. It shouldn't matter if I have a receipt or not. It's not like I'm trying to exchange pistons I bought from Thunder to Speed Inc.. I'm dealing with the company directly. The pistons were packaged wrong from the warehouse. Now I won't have an engine for at least 3 months until I can save up the money. I feel sick over this. I'm not saying that Diamond owes me an exchange and are refusing to do so; they are legally in their boundaries. It just seems to me that they would do the exchange from a customer satisfaction standpoint. Is that wrong
Last edited by SStolen; Aug 26, 2005 at 03:46 AM.







