77mm pistons for 1300 engine?

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 7 Jan 2014, 9:37 pm

#979971

Having a devil of a time finding 77mm pistons for a 1300 motor. So far I've found some Brazilian NOS on the samba (hmm, not sure) and these suckers on justkampers...

http://www.justkampers.com.au/vw-beetle-parts/engine/barrel-pistons/111-198-057-b-barrel-and-piston-kit-77mm-for-1300cc-vw-beetles-1965-1975.html

$700 before shipping... 🙁

There are however, 40hp 1200 77mm pistons available from CIP1...

http://www2.cip1.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=VWC-111-198-057-A

A lot cheaper.

What is the difference between these two pistons?

"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 8 Jan 2014, 7:24 am

#979986

1200 has a 20mm pin and 1300 has 22 pin.
1300 barrel will be longer and thicker too.

If you want to just use the pistons you can have bushes fitted to the con rods.