I hope you have some 98 octane to go with that set of pistons they need it
water injection would be a plus
what are you going to put this in a vanagon
B Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "john pronk" <john.pronk@XTRA.CO.NZ>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 2:18 AM
Subject: Re: Piston cylinders

> Hi, using oversize pistons but need 2x cylinders as only have 2 good ones.
> Original engine threw a rod, put a hole in the case, broke the camshaft in
> half and two barrels ended up cracked.
> Surprisingly the crank came out ok, not cracked, is still straight and
> cleans up first undersize.
> Pistons I will be using are German Mahle 40 thou oversize, cost around US
> $300.00, which is a excellent deal!
> These are coming form Australia and are DJ engine spec (higher
> compression)
> pistons.
> Regards
> John
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Rodgers" <inua@charter.net>
> To: "john pronk" <john.pronk@XTRA.CO.NZ>
> Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2007 11:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Piston cylinders
>
>
>> Hi John.
>>
>> Your request has raised my curiosity.
>> What are you building that needs the oversize cylinder bore?
>>
>> Wish I could help, but don't have what you need. But maybe someone on the
>> list will.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 GL Driver
>>
>> john pronk wrote:
>>> Hi, I am after two (2) cylinder barrels.
>>> They need to be good at the top and bottom mounting areas as well as the
>>> o-ring area.
>>> Bore wear is not a problem as they will be bored 1.0mm.
>>> If anyone can supply me with these could they please let me know the
>>> price they want and p-mail me.
>>> P.S  It will require a trip to the Post Office to mail to New Zealand.
>>> I can pay by Pay Pal or transfer the money to any account.
>>> PayPal would be preferred as there are no bank charges!
>>> Your help in this would be greatly appreciated.
>>> Regards
>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>