Piston question.....

how good is Mahle brand for quality?

im getting ready to rebuild my 1600 and a friend has a set of 85.5 mahles
he gave me with about 1500 miles on them... maybe less because he went to
90.5 and they were just sittin on a sshelf

Brian "Grimace" H. wrote:
> how good is Mahle brand for quality?
>
> im getting ready to rebuild my 1600 and a friend has a set of 85.5 mahles
> he gave me with about 1500 miles on them... maybe less because he went to
> 90.5 and they were just sittin on a sshelf


Mahle is second to none. So good in fact that every new Harley Davidson
has come with them for around 20 years.

Tony

thanks very much... i knew i had heard the name before but never
remembered whether it was good or bad.. this is my first aircooled
rebuild....
"Anthony W" > wrote in message
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> Brian "Grimace" H. wrote:
>> how good is Mahle brand for quality?
>>
>> im getting ready to rebuild my 1600 and a friend has a set of 85.5
>> mahles he gave me with about 1500 miles on them... maybe less because
>> he went to 90.5 and they were just sittin on a sshelf
>
>
> Mahle is second to none. So good in fact that every new Harley Davidson
> has come with them for around 20 years.
>
> Tony

Brian "Grimace" H. wrote:
> thanks very much... i knew i had heard the name before but never
> remembered whether it was good or bad.. this is my first aircooled
> rebuild....

I'd worked on air cooled bikes for years but I found the VW engine to be
very different. Be sure and ask lots of questions and don't put to much
stock in the idiot's guide...

Tony

ive been asking questions on this NG and the sambas forums for about 8
months now...
its so much to take in.... tell ya what if i went into air cooleds the
way i do a 350small block id be f****
"Anthony W" > wrote in message
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> Brian "Grimace" H. wrote:
>> thanks very much... i knew i had heard the name before but never
>> remembered whether it was good or bad.. this is my first aircooled
>> rebuild....
>
> I'd worked on air cooled bikes for years but I found the VW engine to be
> very different. Be sure and ask lots of questions and don't put to much
> stock in the idiot's guide...
>
> Tony

Brian "Grimace" H. wrote:
> ive been asking questions on this NG and the sambas forums for about 8
> months now...
> its so much to take in.... tell ya what if i went into air cooleds the
> way i do a 350small block id be f****

There is a lot larger volume of info on SB Chevy engines. I will be
checking out the Samba forums pretty soon. There has been a big brain
drain from here in the past few years.

Tony