I now have a big,... problem with getting the motor done in time for the magazine shoot & interview's, at the Run & Gun, courteous of the salesman with Mahle Pistons. I ordered the slugs in first week in July and assumed,..... they were delivered to the engine builder, but when told me yesterday, he has not received them, I called Mahle, and my sales guy said he was sorry, that he did not put the order in !
Now it will take 3 weeks for them to custom make the 4.375 bore = 4.380 piston size. I did call two other company's, and they also would take about the same time to make.
As of today, if Mahle starts making them, by the time Dennis receives them and builds the motor, then delivered to me and time for me to install, I don't think I'll make the show.
Today- August 25
Pistons made in three weeks- Sept- 14
I would like 7 days to install & road test- Sept. 17
Run & Gun- Sept. 23-25
I don't see how I'll make it. Any ideas other than reducing the cid to 482 or 496, for shelf pistons ? Although, I would hate,.... to do this !
This screws up the entire project. I'm over being mad and now it really saddens me very much.
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