if you could tell me what you think of them,
i have not really herard of them
thanks
Yes
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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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.
The world would be a poorer place without a brand like Hepolite.
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!
ok well i had never herad of them untill i got my pinto
In the late 70's early 80's they were the piston of choice IIRC
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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
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Originally posted by wilkingj
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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.
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.
R.
Feck me lads I'm old but not that old
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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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
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.
forged are better than cast.
hepolite are a known brand with a lot of history.
hepolite make forged and cast pistons
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.....
I built lots of A-series engines using Hepolite pistons and Vandervell bearings. You just didn't consider anything else back then....
Hepworth & Grandage "Hepolite" were a world leader, during WW1 they were manufacturers of W.O. Bentleys aluminium alloy pistons.