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Triton thrasher - Here's a photo of a piece of clip wire pushed into a JCC/Emgo groove as far as it will go. The clip is riding on the corner of the pin and is not as secure.
Below is a piece of clip wire with a JE piston/pin. You can see that the bevel of the pin completely overlaps the clip and is secure.
Comnoz - Yes I raced with Hepolites when there wasn't another choice. But they would not even make it through a season before the ring lands loosened up and the top rings broke (on both pistons). Maybe I revved higher than others. So I developed the lightweight forged pistons (see 1980s photo below). They solved all my race problems with ring breakage and vibration/stress (crank and case cracking) because they are so much lighter. They are much smoother on the street.
Nortonspeed - when I said "JCC/Hepolite" I assumed that everyone would understand that JCCs are Taiwan knockoffs of Hepolites. Original Hepolites (UK) had good clips. JCC/Emgo (Taiwan) clips are junk.
Below is a piece of clip wire with a JE piston/pin. You can see that the bevel of the pin completely overlaps the clip and is secure.
Comnoz - Yes I raced with Hepolites when there wasn't another choice. But they would not even make it through a season before the ring lands loosened up and the top rings broke (on both pistons). Maybe I revved higher than others. So I developed the lightweight forged pistons (see 1980s photo below). They solved all my race problems with ring breakage and vibration/stress (crank and case cracking) because they are so much lighter. They are much smoother on the street.
Nortonspeed - when I said "JCC/Hepolite" I assumed that everyone would understand that JCCs are Taiwan knockoffs of Hepolites. Original Hepolites (UK) had good clips. JCC/Emgo (Taiwan) clips are junk.
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