Dave
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We had a vendor and a reasonable price
Sorry to hear the project didn't generate enough support but you & Dan did try.
One thing I didn't and still don't understand is the engineering and production costs involved & apparently a requirement for so many up front. The reasonable price part is debatable--although don't remember hearing an actual just a guestimate--but I haven't priced pistons for anything lately so you may be right.
It would seem that there should be blanks available for someone's close but not quite right piston. A machinist, micrometer, and original piston could come up with some numbers to plug into a CAD/CAM setup without spending a career at it. Why then would it not be feasible to make a few sets at a time as needed--add +.010 or +.020 to the numbers and make another set etc..
Maybe someone more versed in this aspect of production can tell me what I'm missing in the big picture. After all, any TV hot rod or motorcycle show out there shows them machining a custom wheel at the click of a mouse.
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