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Old 02-02-2011, 02:52 PM
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do mahle pistons have mahle stamped on inside of piston skirt , have a set of pistons was told that they are mahle low comp but want to make sure... can post pics and post stamp numbers on inside and outside of it helps

reason im asking is just incase standard rs turbo pistons were also mahle
Old 02-02-2011, 02:57 PM
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Mahle pistons are standard fit in RS Turbos iirc.
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yeah thought so ... oh well thought i had something worth a few bob nearly chucked the bottom end to the scrappie, might aswell of lol
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ok so difference between standard and low comp, how do i tell
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Originally Posted by bythomson
ok so difference between standard and low comp, how do i tell
Low comp will be completely flat on the top, and normal have small cut outs to miss the valves. im sure thats right. need someone to confirm tho.
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