New pistons and cylinders "hands up" please

Hi

On the subject of pistons, I have Kawasaki Zepher pistons in mine, and all works well.

Andrew

is the distance from the gudgeon pin to the crown the same as the abc or longer as per Hillman imp thanks

Hallo All,
By chance, I can answer this one.
The Kawa (replica) piston's 'compression height' (from cl gudgeon pin to top of head) is 0.5 mm. LESS than for the ABC piston.
P.

hi does anyone have more details on the Kawasaki pistons thanks

Count me in for a pair of pistons please

Thanks

Tony

Hi All

I have been in contact with a local machine shop in Southampton (Quayside Precision Engineering) who have now given a quote to manufacture barrels based on my examples. The prices per pair of barrels are as follows:

- Up to 2 Pairs @ £270/pair

- Up to 4 Pairs @ £260/pair

- Up to 8 pairs @ £240/pair

The barrels would be manufactured in EN16T steel and the lead time for machining would be in the region of 3 to 4 working weeks. The finish will be a natural machined steel finish.

Please note that I personaly have not used this machine shop before, but there were suggested to me by others in the custom bike community. Please feel free to view the website at www.quaysideprecision.co.uk

I feel that the next step is to try and bottom out the piston selection issue and at present I think we have the following options:

- Honda GX160/GX200 generator engine piston

- Kawasaki Zephyr piston

- A bespoke ABC replica piston

- Hillman Imp piston

Once this is done I will start a new thread for those who would like to take advantage of the prices above so that we can sort out the purchasing process.

I hope this will be of interest

Regards

Phil