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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 08:19 PM
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im doing a rebuild at the mo and wont to know if AE pistons are any good many thanks
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 08:24 PM
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AE? Never heard of them.....


JE???
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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 08:44 PM
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There some budget ones that burton sell i think but i could be wrong


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Old Apr 27, 2006 | 09:20 PM
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Tony, AE is Federal Mogul.

Well known name, should be as good as standard pistons IMO
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 09:52 AM
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i had them in my RS turbo, it cracked it after 4k miles, i wouldn`t recomend them, better off with standard mahle IMO.
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 03:04 PM
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got them in mine, done 8,000 so far mostly hard miles, ok so far. (probably fukin blow up now)
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 03:42 PM
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had sum unknown piston in a rebuild i had done....


dented in after bout 8k
shit



stick to mahle or better


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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by notSteveS2
had sum unknown piston in a rebuild i had done....


dented in after bout 8k
shit



stick to mahle or better


These aren't unknown though............
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 03:48 PM
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u doughnut... mine werent unknown neither... but not well known...


catch my drift?
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 03:49 PM
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Ah well you didnt say that

I catch your drift
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 04:14 PM
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lol....



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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Got them in mine with no probs....same spec as mahles apparently!
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Old Apr 28, 2006 | 06:21 PM
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thanks for the info
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