Lamborghini V12 pistons

30/11/2023

These Lamborghini 82mm pistons were made using an original sample for reference.

A simple two-valve Hemi-head design with a short skirt and common to many of the Lamborghini engines of this period.

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13/03/2020

Triumph T140V Motorcycle

A straight forward job where our customer needed some pistons for a Triumph T140V engine at 0.040” oversize, but was unable to obtain any.

12/05/2020

Renault Clio 2009 1.6 GT Turbo Conversion

Our customer had a normally aspirated Clio 1.6GT and wanted to fit a turbo kit to the car.

28/08/2022

Custom pistons for 6-cylinder Bentley

These pistons were custom-made using the original Bentley 6-cylinder piston for reference.

22/07/2021

Mercedes 280

This Mercedes 280 piston is interesting in that it has a unique and complex non-symmetrical 3D intruder/dome.

30/04/2023

Yamaha XT550

Replacement pistons made for Yamaha XT550 at 92.50mm bore.

4/02/2020

Subaru EJ20 Normally Aspirated

Unusually this customer was converting a Subaru EJ20 turbo engine to normally aspirated induction.

14/10/2021

Triumph Stag custom pistons

Custom pistons supplied for the restoration of a classic British sports car – the Triumph Stag.

11/12/2019

Our Customer wanted to change the stroke on his BMW M42 engine by fitting a longer stroke crankshaft from a later BMW engine. The finished pistons needed to suit a bore size of 86.50mm and give a compression ratio of 10.5:1. The stroke of the engine was changing from 81mm to 88mm.