I have them in both of my 2.1ls and I haven't noticed any less power.
In other words if they have less power, it isn't noticeable to me.   I
am someone that drives my own vans and customers vans with stock pistons
and cylinders all the time so if there were a difference you could
notice, believe me I would notice it.

Just my experience.  At this point the only options that I know of are
Brazilian, used German, or Chinese.  Is Brazilian starting to look
better to you yet?

Ken Wilford
John 3:16
www.vanagain.com

Chris S wrote:
> Never heard of the guy, but keep in mind cheap COFAP pistons give
> lower compression ratio, and therefore less power.
>
> On 11/6/08, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> Good Morning Everyone,
>>
>> Has anyone ever worked with or heard anything about Dave Wolfanger
>> (DWolf) as far a mechanic work quality?
>>
>> He is located in Wayland NY.
>>
>> He is on the type 2 and A.I.R.S. sites, and is part of the rescue squad.
>>
>> He is 4 hours from me, seems very knowledgeable about the vanagon and
>> am considering having him tear my engine down and rebuild it from
>> scratch.
>>
>> - Machined to spec Crankshaft
>> - New Pistons & Rings
>> - Machining of the Heads, 3 Point Valve Job
>> - New Complete Gasket Set for the entire Van
>> - Plus everything else involved with a to Engine Spec Rebuild
>> - Pull and Replace the engine included.
>> (parts would only be German made, thought the pistons could be from
>> Brazil possibly)
>>
>> Price $3k (which seems very very fair)
>>
>> His emails are:
>> dslmax@frontiernet.net
>> dwolf_at_bluefrog_dot_com
>>
>> Ebay ID:
>> Dwolf (proved to have only positive responses on the both seller and
>> buyer status)
>>
>> Samba
>> Dwolf -  Also only had positive responses to people who purchased
>> parts from him.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for help.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Rob
>> NYC/Bloomingburg NY
>> 88 Wolfsburg, Silver
>> 239,990 miles - automatic
>> AIM: rmstewart@mac.com
>>
>>
>
> --
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>
> Chris S.
> Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
>
>