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garyc
14-08-10, 10:02 AM
Has anyone got any information about these? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Mahle-Pistons-Vauxhall-Nova-1-3L-/230507002955?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM# ht_640wt_930

not std 1300 pistons either as they are circlip fit.
Pistol Pete
14-08-10, 10:04 AM
Email the seller? What is it you want to know?
MattBrown
14-08-10, 10:23 AM
Cheap, if theyre genuine mahle.

Probs cingwah copies.
garyc
14-08-10, 10:28 AM
Seller dont know either....
philip
14-08-10, 10:36 AM
are you after 1300 pistons? just i may be able to get some thats all.
garyc
14-08-10, 11:10 AM
Philip, I'm OK for pistons, just curious what these are for as they are not press fit jobbies.
Edd
14-08-10, 11:12 AM
Only mahle pistons for a 1300 I know of are the ones Courtenay used on the turbo conversion back in the early '90's, they were low comp.
mowgli
14-08-10, 11:20 AM
mahle made direct replacements.... but the original equipment were KS.. these ones worry me because

1. they shouldn't have circlips
2. there are no valve cutouts
Sloth
14-08-10, 11:26 AM
tbh they dont look like vaux ones at all they look like A series pistons....
SR-Rally
14-08-10, 11:31 AM
mahle made direct replacements.... but the original equipment were KS.. these ones worry me because

1. they shouldn't have circlips
2. there are no valve cutouts

standard 1300 pistons dont have valve cut outs? the 1200st does though
garyc
14-08-10, 11:44 AM
std 1300 pistons do have cutouts for the valves. a prime reason why the CR is low.
MattBrown
14-08-10, 11:57 AM
I thought they never had cutouts?

Im sure my 1300sr engine never did...
SR-Rally
14-08-10, 12:20 PM
my 1300 sr engine never had cutouts :s
mowgli
14-08-10, 01:00 PM
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q119/mowglinova/1300piston.jpg?t=1281787132

this is from the big boring piston book pdf i have. all ohc small block 8v gm engines have cutouts. the cutouts need to be about 5-6mm down into the pistons.
garyc
15-08-10, 09:23 AM
The mystery continues then......
Bubba
15-08-10, 11:47 AM
ive seen a set of Mahle pistons like this...my mate has a set. afaik, Imrscher sold them as hi comps, possibly sport pistons, but dont hold me to that.

basicaly Irmscher hi compression pistons, made by mahle
garyc
15-08-10, 12:17 PM
But they would have to be used with non standard rods with bushes in though. could be some kind of steel rods?
mowgli
15-08-10, 01:11 PM
ive seen a set of Mahle pistons like this...my mate has a set. afaik, Imrscher sold them as hi comps, possibly sport pistons, but dont hold me to that.

basicaly Irmscher hi compression pistons, made by mahle

so whats the point of high comp with no valve cutouts so you can't run a high lift cam or even much of a std one... or it would self destruct.
Bubba
15-08-10, 06:00 PM
so whats the point of high comp with no valve cutouts so you can't run a high lift cam or even much of a std one... or it would self destruct.

im just going by what i was told :thumb: