Big news for fans of L.A.SLEEVE: The company has announced its own piston line at the 2011 Indy Dealer trade show.

Combining the industry’s finest piston making minds, and their six decades of motor building at L.A.SLEEVE, the next great piston is upon us. Calling it LAPC for the Los Angeles Piston Company, L.A.SLEEVE has entwined their knowledge of race engine building with modern production tactics to come up with what they think will answer the demand of many, enthusiasts: a piston top MX and ATV professionals can punish longer at an economic solution that the average rider can afford.

LAPC will offer 2-stroke and 4-stroke piston for most modern bikes and ATVs. Unlike their piston making competition, LAPC will not create a mass produced, one-size-fits-all solution. Instead, LAPC will focus on only today’s most popular models for offroad, MX, and ATV racing (and recreation). By limiting their product line to only s few select models, the company’s focus will concentrate on the finer points of common piston weakness simply not being addressed by the big name brands.

LAPC will use their resources in racing to dissect the little elements not being addressed by the mass produced piston brands. For example all LAPC pistons will have enhanced 2618 low silicon, or 4038 high silicon materials as their forgings. Pistons will be coated with their proprietary “ProMalloy” skirt and dome skating surfaces. Perhaps most notable is that patrons will get at no extra charge Pro-Cross Pro-Cool under crown micro machining for uniformed deck thickness.

The units will be lightened just enough, with spun-bossed and window milling, gas ported (if necessary), and feature grooved reduction valleys to grab any residual combustion gas not being captured by the initial piston ring defense. Finally, precision honed wrist pin bores will be standard for all piston applications.

Custom pistons, however, will not be offered by the Los Angeles Piston Company. In order to produce a fine line of pistons for the professional rider and race team, yet remain economical for the average weekend warrior, LAPC strategically positions their place among the piston maker elites by keeping what creates a lasting relationship among customers in the forefront: affordability, quality and service.

Piston kits will range in the retail price of .00 to 0.00 for 2-strikes, and .00 to 5 for 4-strokes.

The LAPC pistons will be sold exclusively through Niks Distributing and of course directly through L.A.SLEEVE.

To learn more about the Los Angeles Piston Company, head over to their official site: www.lasleeve.com or call 562-945-1098.

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