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jpindy3

posted on 14/6/09 at 06:49 PM Reply With Quote
anyone know if hepolite pistons are any good

if you could tell me what you think of them,
i have not really herard of them

thanks

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jacko

posted on 14/6/09 at 06:50 PM Reply With Quote
Yes
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omega0684

posted on 14/6/09 at 06:55 PM Reply With Quote
mate r u running standard rods and pistons on your turbo application, me thinks standard ones might get a touch to warm and might melt!

im thinking you might have to uprate the pistons,rods and rings.

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jpindy3

posted on 14/6/09 at 07:04 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by omega0684
mate r u running standard rods and pistons on your turbo application, me thinks standard ones might get a touch to warm and might melt!

im thinking you might have to uprate the pistons,rods and rings.


no i have hepolites,vulcan fit them as std to there pintos,
so i should be ok for say 10psi

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mangogrooveworkshop

posted on 14/6/09 at 07:39 PM Reply With Quote
The world would be a poorer place without a brand like Hepolite.






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tomblyth

posted on 14/6/09 at 07:45 PM Reply With Quote
I worked for hepolite for 13 years ( engineer/managment) now part of the federal mogal group) they still have a piston plant in Bradford , inserts in coventry , and a ferodo plant down south! The ring plant which at one point made 1,000,000 rings a week in sunderland is now gone with ring supply comimg from Germany and Italy! there quality is as you would expect from a company that supplies Nissan,Toyota. ford ,GM, and PSA group (and many others)with original components for there new cars I still beleave they are one of the best you cn get!
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jpindy3

posted on 14/6/09 at 08:06 PM Reply With Quote
ok well i had never herad of them untill i got my pinto
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omega 24 v6

posted on 14/6/09 at 08:31 PM Reply With Quote
In the late 70's early 80's they were the piston of choice IIRC





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wilkingj

posted on 14/6/09 at 09:04 PM Reply With Quote
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Originally posted by omega 24 v6
In the late 70's early 80's they were the piston of choice IIRC



Err make that the late 60's.

My mate was an apprentice engine builder (and line borer) in 1969.
Hepolite were the ONLY piston to use.
Whether there are better choices today, I dont know. But they used to be the dogs danglies in those days.






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jollygreengiant

posted on 14/6/09 at 10:25 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by wilkingj
quote:
Originally posted by omega 24 v6
In the late 70's early 80's they were the piston of choice IIRC



Err make that the late 60's.

My mate was an apprentice engine builder (and line borer) in 1969.
Hepolite were the ONLY piston to use.
Whether there are better choices today, I dont know. But they used to be the dogs danglies in those days.


Err, make that the 50's, my Dad swore blind by them.





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MakeEverything

posted on 15/6/09 at 06:53 AM Reply With Quote
Is it sad that i knew about Hepolite when i was a wee nipper?
I remember my dad buying hepolite gear, and he used to teach me stuff when he worked on cars. I must have been about 5 years old, and he was teaching me about "Suck, Squeeze, bang, Blow", Cranks, rebores and stuff!

As i understand, Hepolite are the best on the market in terms of quality. Suitability for your application however, would be your responsibility.

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omega 24 v6

posted on 15/6/09 at 07:43 AM Reply With Quote
Feck me lads I'm old but not that old





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Roger46

posted on 10/10/13 at 05:27 PM Reply With Quote
Hepolite Pistons

http://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103703

Don't know the truth on this but thought an alternative view should be heard

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40inches

posted on 10/10/13 at 06:08 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Roger46
http://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103703

Don't know the truth on this but thought an alternative view should be heard


Blimey! Wassell are still going? I used to buy spares from them for my BSA and Norton in the mid 60,s






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Andy S

posted on 10/10/13 at 07:09 PM Reply With Quote
Well I am now spring chicken and AE Heplolite pistons were just a run of the mill cast piston and nothing special - Thing is that they also produced the Powermax piston which was supposed to be the one to have when building a decent engine on a budget.
As they were also AE Hepolite pistons it soon got confused that all Hepolite pistons were super cool performance pistons when they were just ordinary cast. Even the Powermax was not exactly special - Just a hyper eutectic cast IIRC and not a forging.

Then again it was so long ago.

So to answer the OP - they are no better or worse than many other ordinary cast pistons.

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posted on 10/10/13 at 07:49 PM Reply With Quote
forged are better than cast.


hepolite are a known brand with a lot of history.


hepolite make forged and cast pistons

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posted on 11/10/13 at 08:17 AM Reply With Quote
I used to go with my Dad to Hepworth and Grandage in Bradford to collect stuff back in the 1950 s. The entire world must have been pushed along with Hepolite pistons. They had a chap called Mr. Smith who you could ring with all sorts of weird requests and he would find a suitable piston.....I still use them.....
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owelly

posted on 11/10/13 at 09:23 AM Reply With Quote
I built lots of A-series engines using Hepolite pistons and Vandervell bearings. You just didn't consider anything else back then....





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britishtrident

posted on 11/10/13 at 11:39 AM Reply With Quote
Hepworth & Grandage "Hepolite" were a world leader, during WW1 they were manufacturers of W.O. Bentleys aluminium alloy pistons.





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