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Kolbenschmidt or Cima/Mahle?
PurpleT3 - March 13th, 2007 at 11:26 AM

Looking for a new P&B set for a type 3. Stock 1600 85.5 x 69.

Which brand is best?

Daily driver street use only.


VWCOOL - March 13th, 2007 at 03:17 PM

Never had an issue with the (forged) 1640cc Cima/Mahles in several hi-po engines (one of my 94mm/1916 P&Cs has 200,000+ km) but never heard bad word about cast KS in stock applications, either. Maybe call a good engine builder who has experience with capacity-restricted (stock-class 1584cc) off-road buggies? I think there is a nice cast Nissen (Japanese made) piston you could look at too...?

[ Edited on 14-3-2007 by VWCOOL ]


jnr356 - March 13th, 2007 at 04:38 PM

mahle


vw54 - March 14th, 2007 at 06:25 AM

What ever you can get as you will probally find that some brands are out of stock now days unless there been sitting on the shelf for a while