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get some pictures up , whats he gonna do set his dogs on ya
has the piston beem modified ?
it may not be the original piston that ralph did in the begining
iv seen pistons that hes done and the work is top notch
a mate of mine knows him well and hes been there when ralph has spent all day on a exhaust port
so you can just imagine how many houres goes into a RS clubman

lifes a drag wrote:get some pictures up , whats he gonna do set his dogs on ya
has the piston beem modified ?
it may not be the original piston that ralph did in the begining
iv seen pistons that hes done and the work is top notch
a mate of mine knows him well and hes been there when ralph has spent all day on a exhaust port
so you can just imagine how many houres goes into a RS clubman

Tis true, Ralph has put some extra work into the piston in my Rapido kit. I hope to god I don't blow a hole in it, but then I've got to get the engine up and running for that to happen

sean brady scooters wrote:you may be wrong there Bufficus.............

I do hope so.

Ralph,s a decent enough fella, he,s not the mad professer type that some people paint him, he just doesnt suffer fool,s gladly ,PS, never ask for discount or he will set the dog,s on you. :baddevil: .

if its genuinely one of his barrels im sure he'd sort out a piston that would fit, he's got some in stock. He's just built a mighty fine mugello based engine for a guy from our club and the piston was worked til its literally amazing. It wasnt cheap but if he made any money on it id be amazed. I think a guy who puts craftmanship above all else , let me take an engine before paying him and then rang me on the rally to ask how it ran derserves his reputation. Im sure if you are happy to ring he'd be happy to sort you out a matching piston for your barrel. oh he's not eccentric though just genuinely bonkers!!.

PM me his number.

Cheers

drunkmunkey6969 wrote:PM me his number.

Cheers

be prepared for a long chat

lifes a drag wrote:

drunkmunkey6969 wrote:PM me his number.

Cheers

be prepared for a long chat

Well that was interesting...........

Ralp managed to tell me stories ranging from reasons to wipe out the poulation of the middle east with a bomb, right through to information relating to the Mayor of Doncasters pension. Thankfully he also had some info relating to the piston as well.

He breifly informed me that it is a TS250 piston, before going on to tell me lots of stories about various individuals, their work, their engines, his sprinters, engines he's tuned, people that have ripped him off etc etc........i did suggest to him that he did seem to have a very dim view of the people in general, to which he replied......."yeah, because they're all c*nt5!". I'm sure he meant it in the nicest way possible way.

And I must say, although Ralph obviously has a firm grip on words such as c**t, tw@7, b@5t@rd and f@@king @rseh@le......he didnt use them in an aggressive manor, and was very expressive in his use of profanity..........so i thanked him for his f@@king time.

He used to have an affectionate term for his lad too...that little tw@t.

Tis true about the dogs...I know a fella who asked for discount for cash and found out too!