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Posted by: jimkelly Nov 19 2005, 10:05 PM

on ebay p&c's

http://www.aaproductsinc.com/cgi-bin/Porsche914_busesprice.cgi

Posted by: GWN7 Nov 19 2005, 10:49 PM

I've never heard of them......no address, no contact person, no phone numbers. I like to know who and where internet business are located before doing any business with them.

"If" they had all that machinary I'm sure someone would have heard about them.

Posted by: bmunday Nov 19 2005, 11:04 PM

address and info.
AA Performance Product, Inc.

450 2nd Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118

Tel: (415) 752-2075 Fax: (415) 752-2114

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Posted by: Mueller Nov 19 2005, 11:19 PM

I've used them before...this company supplied P/Cs to Mark Stephens and other engine builders.

Pistons made in Japan, cylinders made in Tawain

I believe European Motorsports or Motorworks uses them as well as many other shops.

Jake does not care for them, but they do work...tend to be a tad bit louder at startup until they warm up.

Posted by: Mueller Nov 19 2005, 11:20 PM

Oh yea...no relationship to Automobile Atlanta

Posted by: sixnotfour Nov 19 2005, 11:23 PM

Did they use to be American Aircooled back in the 90's?

Posted by: anthony Nov 19 2005, 11:49 PM

QUOTE (Mueller @ Nov 19 2005, 10:19 PM)
Jake does not care for them, but they do work...tend to be a tad bit louder at startup until they warm up.

Jake seems to carry them in his online store. I wonder if he does anything extra to them before they get shipped out?

Posted by: jimkelly Nov 20 2005, 06:17 AM

thanks for the replies.

glad I did not get slammed with - use search - cause I did bt found nothing : )

prices look very good - see lower prices on ebay then on their webpage.

Posted by: Mueller Nov 20 2005, 06:20 AM

QUOTE (jimkelly @ Nov 20 2005, 05:17 AM)
thanks for the replies.

glad I did not get slammed with - use search - cause I did bt found nothing : )

prices look very good - see lower prices on ebay then on their webpage.

just make sure you inspect them good, the 1st set I bought from them one cylinder had a crack near the bottom (dropped at one time), another one had a small inclusion near the top from bad casting job...they replaced them with no questions asked...in fact they had one of thier people hand deliver them to me,

Posted by: bd1308 Nov 20 2005, 07:38 AM

I wouldn't run....it increases the risk of doing a faceplant in the road.

Just walk slightly faster than you usually would.

b

Posted by: jimkelly Nov 20 2005, 08:19 AM

I'd say mueller gave them a cauiously decent rating.

still got thet 2.0 long block?

jim

Posted by: bottomend Nov 20 2005, 01:17 PM

There is a guy at the Shop Talk forums who is drag racing with this stuff. Do a search over there and I'm sure you'll find the info. I cant remember his name off the top of me head. (Actaully I can rememeber his name, I just cant read it off the top of me head. Anybody got a ladder and wanna help me see what I wrote up there?)

Posted by: Jake Raby Nov 20 2005, 04:31 PM

I offer them as an "ECONO" set for getting engines back on the road. I do not care for their rings at all and replace them as soon as they come into my shop.

I also magna flux all the cylinders, because I have seen them with holes right through the castings that give comopression leaks.

They are only good for patch jobs, IMHO...

Posted by: SirAndy Nov 20 2005, 04:52 PM

i don't know, trust a guy who can't even spell the name of the city he lives in?

=========================================
Shawn Chi
shawn@itgo2u.com
415-867-2921
AA Products international
668 Dartmouth st
Sab francisco,CA,US 94134
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Posted by: anthony Nov 20 2005, 05:13 PM

Jake, are the EMW cylinders that you sell a lot higher quality?

Posted by: Mueller Nov 20 2005, 07:25 PM

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Nov 20 2005, 03:52 PM)
i don't know, trust a guy who can't even spell the name of the city he lives in?

=========================================
Shawn Chi
shawn@itgo2u.com
415-867-2921
AA Products international
668 Dartmouth st
Sab francisco,CA,US 94134
=========================================

They are "english" challanged, I've talked to them a few times and the main guy gave me the skinny on what Mark Stephens is up to now (or was when he shut down his business)

Like I said, the stuff works, but don't expect the same life or duty that you'd get from factory or the more expensive stuff.......

for a lot of people here, they'll work fine and their motors will never know the differance