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Originally Posted by Tippy View Post
That makes sense. Every piston I've pulled from other non-Porsche's always shows lots of skirt wear. My Mahle's show nothing! Even after 1.4 bar of boost for a long time now.
Skirt wear can be caused by many things, one of which is a poor rod ratio.

2618 pistons tend to show accelerated wear in the ring lands and thats why they do not last anywhere near as long as the others.
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