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New update: Been working on an intake manifold for the last two days...just experimenting and stuff. I'm not sure if it's gonna work good or not, but whatever...I've been guinea-pigging for too long to even care about the wasted money so I'm going crazy and reckless with it, LOL.

It's cool how everything starts with a bare aluminum pipe.


I'm installing ARP head studs tomorrow for extra safety and hopefully break-in the engine this week to take it to the dyno. A few pics, since I never provide visual stuff.

The weapon.


Bye-bye, EGR.


Welding the pipe to the stock manifold.




Not aiming for prettiness.


My hands are too small for belonging to a male...I know.


A teaser.


When it's properly polished, it'll look awesome. We had to fabricate a piece to be able to secure the transmission cable to the throttle body. The engineering was tricky but we achieved it.

More later.

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An hour ago I was exchanging e-mails with a JE rep.
[i]Ramon,

We do not shelf stock these pistons, however we can certainly make them for you. The lead time is about 3 weeks and the price is about $165 each piston with pins, locks, and rings.

Thanks,

Nick

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The skirt coating is $20.50 each piston, and the ceramic crown coating is $26.00 each piston.

Thanks,

Nickolaus DiBlasi
Sport Compact Specialist / Technical Sales
JE Pistons / Sportsman Racing Products
15312 Connector Lane
Huntington Beach, Ca 92649



I'll probably go with CP, though. I'm a sucker for their piston design, and they're lightweight, too. Plus, that's what my tuner runs in his 3S-GTE. He'll work on my engine happier if I sport some CP gear too.