5SGTE custom piston. Options

[rhodesyboy]

Hi all.

So basically I'm considering doing a 5sgte build however as I am based in the UK I'm struggling to find good pistons, there is a few in the USA however import tax, delivery etc makes that a little bit out of reach.

However I'm looking into custom pistons, currently I am in talks with omega (only early stages but still). However as with many custom inquiries they need a minimum of 20 pistons to be ordered, so basically I'll need at least 4 other people to come along and get some custom pistons with me. This will be great for other people in the UK/EU doing a custom 5sgte build as it will give us access to high quality pistons (omega are VERY high quality). Unfortunately I am not certain on a price however I would guess the more people come along the cheaper it will become.

There will be a discussion in terms of how we spec these pistons in terms of fitment compression ratios etc before an order is placed, both on this forum and a few others.

Cheers

This post has been edited by rhodesyboy: Aug 22, 2018 - 10:26 AM

[rhodesyboy]

10,000??? Yeah that's a fair bit beyond my wallet

I wasn't actually thinking of going beyond 500bhp anyway but mines a rev 3 block so I was just a touch concerned after hearing all of the speculations found on other threads relating to wall thickness.

I didn't actually expect it to be as high as that I thought it was a relatively straight forward swap, fyi I will be doing fabrication work myself i.e brackets, manifolds etc and I've already got a new turbo to fit, just in case that's a big chunk of the 10,000.

I thought it was relatively (using that word very loosely btw) straight forward, so long as you can find a block that's got some of the bolt holes drilled and threaded from factory which, apparently, exist.

The 3sgte is already out of my celica and I've been looking at some parts it's just that I came across the option of 5sgte builds which caught my eye.

Yeah I understand, but I really need as much information as possible, if it discourages me it's probably for the best and down to a lack of research on my behalf