Custom Forged Pistons & Rods

[Lextreme]

Finally,

Picked up 18 sets of custom pistons today and start sending them soon. Here is some pics of forged piston and rod.

[chrisman]

hi david, looks great.. which rods are those? did you have those, or just get them also?--

[autronic]

Mmmmmmmm, they looks like pieces of art.......

[1UZ-HZ]

I'm like a little kid at christmas time!!! They are damn sexy for pistons!!!

[Zuffen]

I like the first ring land.

Looks like it will stand a bit of abuse.

Shame to put them in your engine. Would make nice paperweights!

[Lextreme]

Paperweight would be a waste... lets make use of it.... how about a plunger (spelling)

[Lextreme]

Chrisman,

Those are custom forged rods from Cumming courtesy from Todd M. of TM Engineering

[redlinegtst]

Hey guys,

new here and looking for some indicative pricing on various different upgrades. Investigating putting the V8 into a R32 skyline. What sort of prices am I looking at to get a full forged bottom end set? i.e pistons rods pins etc

[Lextreme]

We had a group buy last month. It was a great price. U r interested in a set of pistons? One off order is about 950 to 1000

[redlinegtst]

At this stage I am just doing my homework. I am feeling sure that I am going to use either the 1UZ-FE or 3UZ-FE and swap into a R32 Skyline. Been down the road of the RB20DET and loved it, till some other theiving prick decided he loved it more. Never seen again.

That is a bloody **** hot price on a full forged set... cant believe it. Is that in NZD$ or USD$ or what?

I was quoted 6k at Denco for the RB20DET. Never quite got that far though!!!

Anyway, enough of the sob story, I have decided this time to go for a V8 due my dislike of the lack of torque and laggyness of the RB20DET. In the future I might supercharge or turbo the motor, but at this stage its just going to be a na.

I have heard about the 1GZ-FE also, but have never seen the Toyota Century that it came in. Does anyone know if these motors came in any other vehicle. I realise that they are as rare as hen's teeth... but hey, may as well try!!!

I posted elsewhere also, does anyone know the dimensions of the 1 or 3UZ-FE?

Cheers for your help guys, this site is very informative. A lot of the other sites for particular car enthusiasts are pretty useless with a lot of uninformed users.