anturbo

has anyone utilized the manley brand pistons ? i know the rods are acclaimed but, i haven't heard of ANY honda guys running them.post your experience with them. even if it's someone you know as long as i know something.

anturbo

not one person? haha, sucks for me thanks to the idiot machine shop that bought me this brand to replace arias pistons since they ruined my 84mm bored

racebum

so, let me get this straight, the machine shop is idiotic for buying pistons that no "honda guys" you know have ran.........





mmmmmmmkay

cibao2ner

i have them for my allmotor build...great quality and price..and they are balance from factory...they all weight within .1g from each other which i though was a good sign..

anturbo

well, they are idiotic mainly because i asked them to get me arias replacements and call me in advance to confirm and they bought manley without notifying me. secondly, when going for 600-800 hp you want to make sure you have trustworthy pistons. not saying they aren't,nevertheless, i haven't heard anyone using them besides this guy ^^^^. besides that i heard to avoid them at all costs. so instead of sarcasm why don't you tell me are they GOOOOOOD or BAAAAD. simple as that.noone would put SRP in a high hp turbo car if they heard nothing but negative criticism.

sanman000719

manley tt rods are the ****, and will handle that 800hp

sanman000719

the answer to your ? is yes alot of people use them in honda's

anturbo

rods i know are excellent...... but the pistons? im not a noob so put a hold on the smart *** remarks,haha.

sanman000719

oh then nope cp pistons for most that i know

and just cause your not a newb doesnt mean your well educated on all there is to know. You ever met someone that you knew had experience, but had greay area's of course we all have.

but you are correct i have never heard fo anyone runn ing the manley pistons

anturbo

thanks man. i concur even the most savvy person can misinterpret. noone that is sensible would run something in their high hp car that a few con artist morons bought to save a buck. CP ARIAS WISECO OR JE is what i told him and he ordered manley. even if god hand crafted these manley pistons, it is not what i requested. i hope they line up so i can crank these pistons up their rear ends then ill know how they truly perform.

sanman000719

tell them to return them and get you what you wanted

anturbo

im doing that now. im having them get a refund and with the money put it towards a set of cps.

sanman000719

good deal man

rev-speed

we re using them got them free.......lol
they did good until
we melted one and scar one from runing outta gas
now we 're runing two+ 1 arias and one wiseco all 85.5mm at 518whp on e85
i will push it over 650whp soon......

racebum

pistons come in 3 types

kinda strong, strong and stupid

that's cast, 4032 and 2618 in other words

all the big names make good pistons, mahle, JE, CP, manley etc. a 2618 manley will perform virtually identical to your arias. both are loose clearanced slap happy nearly indestructible pistons

anturbo

i have heard a few stories about these pistons melting and similar to srps. i'd rather use a piston im comfortable with.hopefully, more people will test these out so we can find a place for manley's sports compact piston. thanks everyone for the feedback. it was overly helpful.

racebum

any piston can melt if the AF or timing is off. if you detonate or go lean. everything has it's limits. what i was saying is everyone uses the same alloys. i'm sure there are stories about every brand ever made. wiseco, je and mahle all have massive exposure in motorsports racing so they tend to be really popular. are they any better than manley? who knows? to my knowledge no one has done a piston stress test with the popular brands...even if they did what's it really mean? if you have an injector drizzle at 30psi something bad will happen

htx_jr.95eg

They are good pistons. I have a good friend of mine that use's them on all his Evo builds and all three cars making around 750 and one making over 800 and the one's with 750 are also on spray..... You will be fine.