Performance Racing Industry Trade Show - Wossner 3XV pistons?

[tonyhes]

It was me who looked into pistons from Wosner last time...
I too sent pistons to the US company...  He now has a set!

I think I concluded that engine design is based on many factors and unless I was going to invest in the time and money in a intake to exhaust upgrade piston alone was not going to net this amature much...

Additionally, the wanted a design fee....  And from looking around at the german webpages... I more or less asked had the piston been designed before not wanting to pay twice...  I forget the answer.

Tony.

[jcsnook]

It was me who looked into pistons from Wosner last time...
I too sent pistons to the US company...  He now has a set!

I think I concluded that engine design is based on many factors and unless I was going to invest in the time and money in a intake to exhaust upgrade piston alone was not going to net this amature much...

Additionally, the wanted a design fee....  And from looking around at the german webpages... I more or less asked had the piston been designed before not wanting to pay twice...  I forget the answer.

Tony.

Hmmmm...

No mention of a design fee to me?  Maybe thats because they have already designed them from your piston    It's more likely because this run of pistons is being run through a buds business.  My fishing buddy, Mark Doucette, owns R&D motorsports.  He has been rebuilding and improving motorcycle transmissions, for all types of motorcyle racers from all over the world, for quite a few years and is quite well known amoung the circle.  I was personally introduced to John (an ex motorcycle drag racer himself) by Mark and David from Worldwide Bearings.

I did hear back from Wossner USA on the 3XV R/RS piston kits.  What I was told -

Prices on piston kits (which include piston, rings, piston pin and piston pin clips) will be $150 USD each (+shipping) for a run of 10 pistons.  The cost saving in ordering more than 10 (10 to 20) was minimal, so I've given them a verbal to proceed with a preliminary run of 10 pistons.  More can be added later if there is the interest. 

I just checked what it would cost me if I ordered all of these OE parts separately from www.rscycles.com website:

Piston - 3XV-11631-01-95 = $132.50 USD each
Rings – 3XV-11610-00 = $75.97 USD each
Piston Pin – 3XV-11633-00 = $26.15 USD each
Circlips (sold in packs of 5, priced each) - 93450-17129 = $1.15 USD each, $5.75 USD total

Total $240.37 USD (+ shipping)

Those same OE parts ordered from Accu-Products are $230.32 USD total (+ shipping)

You chaps able to get parts locally may be able to get better pricing than this.  And, as posted above, Moriwaki Man quoted me a price of $92.50 USD each (+ shipping) for the bare OE pistons, making the total somewhere in the ballpark of $200.37 (+ shipping).  So, there appears to be a savings in the Wossner piston kits.

The sample piston should make it's way to Germany soon, at which time it will be measured/mapped/traced/whatever you want to call it.  Once the specs are finalized, I need to give them a 50% deposit on the order, whether that be a run of 10 pistons or more.

So I am officially accepting pre-orders now for those wanting pistons from this first run.  Oh, and these will have the coating on the skirt, as all the other Wossner pistons I've seen.  I'm planning on keeping four (4) of these, selling a pair locally to a friend that holed a piston in his 3XV, and it sounds like Muz is wanting a pair as well.  So, if Muz is serious and is in for two (2), then eight of the first ten are already sold.

If more want in, I'm sure more than 10 pistons can be produced in this forst run