A buddy of mine is building a wicked S-10 and is getting Hypereutectic pistons for $13.99 a piece.... now what the hell... im about to pay $500 for FOUR JE pistons... and he's getting EIGHT for a little over $100.... now seriously what the hell... are us import fanatics that much of suckers to pay 5 times the amount for half the goods..????

 

no, its these dam comps that charge 4 times the amount .i hear ya! i want to go to a b-series motor but $350.. for a mount kit,come on!my best friend is a metal fabracater and he saw these mounts and said,you got to be shittin me $350.00 i can make these for almost nothing.the comps know we will pay so thats how it is for now.f@cking hated right?

 

I think stock B-series Honda pistons are hypereutectic (not sure). They're about $50 a piece. Might not be 13.99, but hey....

 

yeah but that price was for aftermarket higher comp pistons... i still feel jipped....

 

Hypereutectic pistons are weaker when compared to forged ones though.

 

well figure that the pistons in the S10 have been around in basic design since 1954-55. It is expensive to setup for a new mold/machining process. We are paying that price.

 

The US Honda aftermarket is very young; 12-13 years is not a long time. And with the discontinuance of certain popular motors, it's not likely that pricing will drop anytime soon.

When I started doing some number crunching with suppliers and manufacturing for what I am trying to do, I saw that the most of the Euro and Asian market parts would command a higher price than the domestic stuff. Like Mista sorta indicated, GM/ Chrysler/ Plymouth/ Dodge, and Ford, have a lot more time in the game, and their engine designs don't really deviate over a long course of time. So their parts are almost always going to be less costly to get.

 

APC = American Products Company