Michael,
It was me that broke a piston. But it was not because of inferior
parts. (well, not inferior pistons anyway!). The problem was due to too
much compression generating heat far in excess of the normal engine
tollerances. 265 psi just is too much for the little engine to bear.
New head with complete rebuild solved the problem. Brush-honed the cyl.
and installed new piston and now all is right with the world.
Regards,
Joe Curry
Michael D. Porter wrote:
>
> Shawn Mann wrote:
> >
> > Listers,
> >
> > As some of you know, I brought home a TR6 at the beginning of the week.
> > Although it's a a solid one owner, California car, it has been stored
> > for over ten years, and as such, needs lots of hydraulic rebuild stuff,
> > and cosmetics: notably new top, crash pads, carpet set, etc... I saw
> > the February sale ad for British Parts Northwest in the February
> > Hemmings. Of those that have actually done business with this company
>
> Someone on the list was said to have broken a piston in their Spitfire
> in an engine which was about a month old, as I recall, and the piston
> came from BPNW. This got me a bit nervous, since I had bought an 0.030"
> over piston set from them during one of their clearance sales.
>
> When I checked with him, he said it seemed to be a generic part, and was
> a bit suspicious about the packaging. The ones I bought were original
> Hepolites in the matched set box, so there may be some difference in
> quality of engine parts, and in their sources of supply. For other
> items, the experience of the rest of the list will have to apply.
>
> For my part, I got some hard-to-find parts (GT6 pop-up pistons) of OEM
> quality for about $60 less than any other company was selling a standard
> set, so I can't complain.
>
> Cheers.
>
> --
> My other Triumph runs, but....
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