Features:
- Forged piston crown with generous valve pockets for big valves
- Precision fit rings for ultimate sealing
- Force fed pin oiling for enhanced lubrication of the piston pin
- Value packaged
- ArmorGlide skirt coating for reduced friction, quieter operation and improved scuff resistance
- Gasket kits sold separately
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About Wiseco
Although many performance enthusiasts might put billet parts at the top of the heap in terms of desirability, the reality is that the billet they are created from has none of the directional grain properties of a forging. For high-performance applications, there’s simply no better choice than a forged component.
During those formative years, the company expanded into the powersports segment by making pistons for ATVs, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and personal watercraft. Inevitably, that led to the company’s further expansion into the automotive segment by producing performance products for racers competing in NHRA, NASCAR, World of Outlaws, and other forms of four-wheel racing.
Wiseco is unique among aftermarket piston manufacturers in the United States because it is the only brand that produces pistons strictly using the forging process. Starting with aerospace-grade aluminum, the forging process compresses the material’s molecules, increasing the density of the aluminum and aligning the grain flow of the alloy, resulting in a high-quality product that’s resistant to impact, fatigue, and has improved material properties such as ultimate strength and ductility, which is a material’s ability to stretch or move without breaking under tensile strain. For high-performance race applications (where increased horsepower and compression can stress an engine’s components further than a stock engine), it’s of critical importance.
One basic forging may serve as the starting point for many different types of finished pistons, unlike castings which are typically unique to a single design or a small group of very similar designs. Regardless of the manufacturing method for the piston blank, some degree of final machining needs to take place to create a finished part. “As a ballpark percentage, I would say about 75% of the forging blank would require machining.” Cast pistons also require finish work on the CNC machine, but this is almost always less extensive than a similar forged piston. “That’s the main reason why forged pistons are more expensive than a cast piston,” Fussner adds.
This is why Wiseco engineers utilize the latest 3D design techniques and finite element modeling software to ensure each design provides the highest strength and lightest weight for each application. Wiseco’s state-of-the-art manufacturing facility and in-house Dyno facility, combined with its talented group of high-performance employees and field-testing network, ensures each product they produce exceeds the expectations and demands of the motorsports industry.
Today, Wiseco corporate headquarters boasts over 150,000 square feet of state-of-the-art forging and CNC machining equipment. The company has distribution centers, sales offices, and manufacturing operations in strategic locations throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe to better serve markets outside its domestic U.S. market. But one thing has remained the same after 80 years in business: the Wiseco motto of “quality people building a quality product,” with many Wiseco employees having worked at the company for 10, 15, 20 — and even 40+ years. Something apparent when speaking with current and former employees of the company.
“I was fortunate to join Wiseco in 1988, which opened the door for me professionally, where I was able to develop as the company also grew,” recalls Dave Sulecki after 31 years as Engineering Manager at company headquarters in Mentor, Ohio. For Sulecki, the doors opened led to engineering and product development milestones he’s proud to be a part of to this day — from two-stroke piston evolution to market-changing technology and products to NASCAR championship