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What do you guys think of these p/c's?
I noticed this on ebay today. They aren't factory MAHLE, and it appears from the description that he's having them made somewhere. I don't need p/c's now, but I may later on, and the price is right. What do you guys think?
Usable? Chinese junk?
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Those pistons look cast. I don't like cast pistons.
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I was under the impression that most 911 pistons were cast, with the exception of S, RS, and other racing pistons. So says the gospel according to Wayne.
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Yes, they are mostly cast. That said, the hi performance engines were forged for a reason. I guess it depends on your intentions. Stock E (or less) rebuild, then they are OK. Me, I won't use them.
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You get what you pay for :-)
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True, you do get what you pay for, but consider this. MAHLE sells p/c's for vw engines, much like the cast iron cyinder/cast piston combination used on the 911t's. In fact, from the ones I've seen, the quality is identical. Since there are only 4 cylinders for the vdub, we can say that the set of cylinders for the 911t should be 3/2 more than the vw set., assuming quality sets the price. The vw sets go for around $200, so the 911t p/c's should be $300, right? All I'm getting at here is that if you got what you pay for, production p/c's could be had for $500 new. Seems skewed to me.
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believe fastclassics is offshoot of born2bfast. "motormeister north"
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I like his feedback responses on EBay - in the past 17 days:
Comedy of errors. In my opinion this person is thief,name should be"Fast Talker,not Fast Classics" The rest ain't so hot either. Caveat emptor stuff -
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