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Titanium Piston?
« on: October 03, 2006, 08:18:38 PM »
Has anybody ever used one of these (Deep Fire Titanium Piston (Titanium Teeth)? If so, how well would this work with high speed gears? What would be the pros/cons. Thanks for the help.
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2006, 08:21:00 PM »
They are pretty sweet in high cycle applications.

Make sure your gears can handle it, though. The piston is engineered to fail in case of shit, so, making it stronger means there's no failure points engineered in, so, now if your gears crap the bed, there's no question what might happen.
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2006, 08:24:32 PM »
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They are pretty sweet in high cycle applications.

Make sure your gears can handle it, though. The piston is engineered to fail in case of s***, so, making it stronger means there's no failure points engineered in, so, now if your gears crap the bed, there's no question what might happen.


Iv'e got the systema high speed flat gears, they're steel so i would think they're strong enough to handle it. Am I right?
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2006, 08:34:58 PM »
I dunno, I've fucked up Systema gears before.
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« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2006, 08:37:51 PM »
Systema gears are good, but I'd recommend Prometheus gears.  They are made of a stronger steel.  What setup are you going to be running?
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« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2006, 08:37:55 PM »
Alright, I think i'll at least give it a try, if the gears fry i'll try a different brand. Thanks for the help.
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2006, 08:43:08 PM »
You want your piston to wear down  before your gears do. Pistons are alot cheaper and easier to replace then gears. I would always keep my piston a weaker material then my gears.
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« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2006, 09:51:09 PM »
would aluminum be any different?
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2006, 10:06:25 PM »
I just use the plastic systema cheapo, Area 1000 I beleave they are called. Everthing I have researched seems to go that route as well.
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« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2006, 11:16:59 PM »
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I just use the plastic systema cheapo, Area 1000 I beleave they are called. Everthing I have researched seems to go that route as well.


Thats the one I had before, the red polycarb piston by systema. Im looking for a stronger one.
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« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2006, 11:58:01 PM »
I'd go with the G&P Polyacetal high pressure piston.  It's high quality, strong as hell, and the last 3 teeth are metal.  Probably all you'll need.  I have one in my M4, and I'm running it at 370 fps at 28 rps.
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