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There is an excellent piston source in Colorado called Gibtec. Gibtec makes pistons for NHRA Pro-Mod, Blown Alcohol, Prostock and T/F. They pretty much live in the NHRA pro ranks but do other pistons if you ask.

The big distinction between them and everyone else is their pistons are billet pistons. Each one is machined from an extruded bar of 2618 aluminum. The pistons are available in 0.001" increments so you don't have to go the usual 0.010", 0.020" or whatever oversize. If your block cleans up at 0.002" over they will make a piston for that size bore.

In addition to being billet they have skirt and crown coatings if you want and a variety of very nice custom touches — sort of like buying billet cranks. A complete set of pistons with tool steel pins, TotalSeal rings and your choice of spiroloc's or circlips for supercharged Modmotors, like the I typically build, comes in at $1,200!

If you ever manage to hurt a piston they can build a single replacement piston for you that will be within 1 gram of the old piston. No need to buy a whole new set and no need to get a crank rebalanced and no need to bore your block into next week because that is the next size piston available for your engine. Doesn't really need saying but they can be any compression ratio your heart desires.

If you want to investigate the company and its products the phone is (303) 243-3340 and ask for Nick. They have a facebook and website presence. Very impressive product, people and pistons.


Ed