420A Wisesco vs. JE pistons

[Ben_Davis]

which piston is best?

 

[BigRand]

IMO thats like a pepsi or coke question...and like dave chapelle said I'll just go with the one that paid me last.....everyone else can chime in now

 

[ivan300]

I don't get piston slap with wiseco's but i did with je's. je's sounded like a diesel on a cold start. Also wiseco's skirt is coated so it should wear less. Other than that they're pretty much the same.

 

[TxR6guy]

+1 you cant go wrong on either pistons, i own Wiescos and my friend owns JE i think there both good pistons, ive seen his go through 2 piston slaps when his timing belt jumped 2 times and he still has the same JE pistons in the car going like a champ.

Of course he has stock valves is what saved his pistons from crumbling.

 

[99RedGs]

So there is really no justified reason that Je's are $70 more?

 

[tcavenger99]

i have Wiescos and they are great . Yet the questin that should be asked is what compression are you planing 8.1 ,12.1 i have 8.1 and they came coated

 

[1slow97]

I had both, The JE had piston slap and with the Wiescos never had a probblem..

 

[Ben_Davis]

what compression would you guys recommend?

 

[Locke]

What are your goals with the vehicle?

 

[Ben_Davis]

i plan on using it for daily driving but also the occasional race. not a hard core race car

 

[rstare]

Well do you plan on turbo'ing or going n/a? Thats pretty much how you decide, n/a you want higher compression, turbo you want lower compression.

 

[Ben_Davis]

yes i will be turboing it.

 

[rstare]

Then go 8.8:1

 

[Ajax]

I went thru 2 sets of JE's and melted switched over to wiseco and not had a problem, the melted pistons was probably due o my inexperience of tuning and not the piston brands, but just thought I let you know