Block has been sitting in Earls garage, sleeved and ready to go since March. Been waiting 3 weeks now for bloody pistons. Emailed them - no answer, phoned them (long distance) on hold for about 10 minutes, never did get an answer.

They better get their *** in gear, or there will be some nasty remarks on here.....

 

yes **** on backorder sucks. if youre so pissed just go with a different piston

 

Pretty sure they are on backorder all over. 93lsivic was told there will be a wait for the pistons for his personal vehicle as well. This is a busy time of year for piston manufacture's I would imagine.

 

Sounds like he has custom pistons on order though.
-PHiZ

 

Reall? I just ordered mine from race engineering and they said they had them in stock and should be at my door in a few days!

 

waited about two months for my custom cp slugs....

 

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They better get their *** in gear, or there will be some nasty remarks on here.....

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heh I saw 2 other blocks at earls waiting for pistons from CP.

 

This is why i bought my pistons long before the motor was ever ready to be assembled and sleeved.

 

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ditto

 

Which ones are you waiting for?

 

race engineering was the only place that has had them for the past few weeks. they apparently ordered quite a few sets when they were more abundant

 

As far as I'm aware, 83mm 9:1 B18B's aren't custom.

If this is their busy time of year, shouldn't they prepare for it?

 

I know that the castings that are used to make the pistons are also back ordered from Wiseco. CP isnt the only one.

 

I too, feel your pain. Good things are worth waiting for
Art is right about the castings (aluminum slugs)
There is a problem at the foundry which probably started from a mining strike in Bumfuque, South America

 

Just buy JEs if your impatient. People were making big power on them long before CP started making import ****.

 

JE does not make an off the shelf 83mm, like CP does. Lead time at JE is 8 weeks for that size. I have tried most everything to find these pistons for my customers.

 

Yup, make sure no one here thinks I am upset with Earl, he has even tried to buy back sets from shops he had previously sold them to.

Let's hope I can drive my car before June.....

 

Turboteggy your block is not alone over there. Mine is chilling over there also,but we just have to be patient. I sent it out a while ago and forgot when I sent it.

 

still waiting on my custom CP pistons...

4 weeks and counting its cool though.

earl

 

that sucks about the waiting .......

 

Its really not CP's fault tho. They have to rely on other sources to supply them with resources and if those sources are out then it has a domino effect. I know right now that China has purchased a large majority of steel and has caused the price of steel to increase. For example due to the rise in steel my cost of the InlinePRO manifolds went up.
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04046/273262.stm

Sorry for the economic lesson but what happens in the world effects us too..

art

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dennis &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">waited about two months for my custom cp slugs....</TD></TR></TABLE>Same here but the fucked up part for me is that I'm still waiting for rings. Ain't that some ****!!!

 

when i had my block sleeved by aebs i had to also wait on my cp pistons.. they came eventually and were beautiful.. just hang in there, i was almost 3 months w/ out my block!

 

Been waiting for over 3 months.....

 

Suprised I got mine so quick since I'm the king of backorder ****! Bearings on the other hand from acl took awhile...

Wait it out man, the cp's are worth it!