MAHLE Motorsport Ceramic Thermal Barrier Coating for PowerPak Pistons
MAHLE Motorsport now offers a proprietary thermal barrier coating application for any PowerPak performance forged piston – gas or diesel. This ceramic-based thermal application greatly reduces heat transfer for improved performance.
UEM ICON LS Series Pistons
United Engine & Machine has announced a new series of ICON LS Series Pistons. They are available now in three levels of higher performance and are offered as pistons with pin sets or piston, pin and ring kits.
UEM Dualoy Diesel Pistons
United Engine & Machine has launched its new Dualoy Diesel Pistons. Dualoy Diesel Pistons are made from two alloys, an aluminum casting with an iron top ring carrier bonded in. UEM’s design gives the top ring a much harder surface to operate on.
Pistons & Rings Update
While piston materials and designs have evolved over the years to compensate for higher pressures and heat expansion, selecting a piston that is optimized for combustion chamber conditions can be challenging because there are so many variables to consider.
MAHLE Steel Pistons for Diesel Engines
A new production process from MAHLE with maximum design freedom for the piston gallery, permits the way for the use of steel pistons in powerful passenger car diesel engines.
JE Pistons Unveils First-Ever Masters of Motors Competition at SEMA 2018
The first-ever Masters of Motors award put on by JE Pistons with the help of motor-minded judges, recognized engine builders’ hard work, creativity and commitment to combustion on a national stage.
UEM Pistons Announces All-New Website
United Engine & Machine has announced the launch of its extensive new web site. UEM’s new site features a host of new options for finding the right high performance or OE replacement piston for a specific application.
JE Pistons Unveils Masters of Motors Competition
Beginning at the 2018 SEMA and PRI shows, JE Pistons will be recognizing engine builders’ hard work, creativity and commitment to combustion with a new competition dubbed Masters of Motors.
JE Pistons Appoints Cindy Verkooij as General Manager
JE Pistons has announced that former CP-Carrillo veteran Cindy Verkooij has been named the brand’s new general manager. Verkooij is a 21-year veteran of the performance aftermarket industry.
Should I Reuse My Pistons or Order New Ones? How To Tell If Pistons Are Still Good
Freshening an engine has always been a game of careful disassembly and evaluating the components for wear followed by a series of judgment calls that balance the cost of new parts against further pushing the veterans. Evaluating pistons takes a practiced eye, but there are several checking points that any engine builder can use to
UEM ICON Elite Race Series Pistons
United Engine & Machine has announced ICON Elite Race Series 2618 alloy pistons are off the shelf and ready to run. Applications are for high compression, big block Chevy 540˝- 632˝ combinations.
Custom Pistons 101: Everything You Need to Know!
JE Pistons stocks thousands of pistons in what is called the shelf stock program; each of which has been built for a high-volume application, such as those pistons built for a traditional small-block Chevrolet engines.
UEM Subaru sti Hi Boost 2.5L Pistons
The new pistons are crafted from 2618 alloy and include Line2Line Abradable coating that “abrades” in for a perfect honed-in fit. Other features include type 3 hard anodized top ring groove with a Ultratherm thermal barrier coating on the crown.
UEM ICON Race Series Pistons
United Engine & Machine (UEM) has announced a new series of ICON Forged Pistons are now available for big block Chevrolet high horsepower applications.
Cast and Forged Performance Pistons
If we consider the extreme environment of combustion pressures and high temperatures that regular cast replacement pistons operate in, it’s quickly apparent that when these values are increased it necessitates using a much more efficient component able to withstand these elevated levels.
Heavy-Duty Pistons
For heavy-duty applications, the answer for today’s diesel engine is the use of steel pistons. Steel pistons have been used for quite some time but they face a whole new set of challenges.
CP-Carrillo Acquires Arias Pistons Brand
CP-Carrillo, Inc. and Arias Industries recently announced that CP-Carrillo will acquire the Arias Pistons brand name and trademark, and relocate its piston production to CP-Carrillo’s main manufacturing facility in Irvine, CA.
MAHLE Motorsports Sprint Car 360ci Box-In-Box Pistons
MAHLE Motorsports now offers a Box-In-Box piston for the Sprint Car 360 series. The new 360ci Box-In-Box is similar in features to the company’s 410ci Box-In-Box. Both offer strength and durability for high output engines in a lightweight forged design that uses considerably less mass.
The Lost Art of Knurling Pistons Takes Skill – And Guts
Thanks to my late friend Pete Baldoni, a former NAPA store owner many years ago, I am the proud owner of a genuine Perfect Circle Piston Nurlizing Machine (Note: Perfect Circle spelled knurl with an N). Pete gave me that PC machine years ago, after closing the machine shop part of his NAPA store.
United Engine & Machine Introduces New UEM Pistons Branding
United Engine & Machine Company, the Carson City, Nevada-based manufacturer of high performance pistons for automotive, industrial and motorcycle applications, has just introduced a new corporate logo.
