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Quote[/b] (Syed Shah @ Jan. 13 2004,19:11)]Nathan,
Do you have the weight of stock pistons v JE v HKS? Would be interesting since CW regards stock pistons as 'boat like'.
I thought JE pistons were supposed to be very good, or is this only the case with the PHR special JEs?
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lol, I have some good data here but I don't have JE's in stock at the moment....can anyone tell me how much a Mk4 one weighs, minus pin and rings?
You would be surprised how light the stock pistons are (or how heavy the pukka HKS ones are, depending on your opinion).
I personally think the stock pistons do a bloody good job of handling twice the power they were designed for, and for many years as well. Can't think of many engines that can do that.
JE pistons ARE good, as I said, but there are better. I have a problem with rattly engines. JE's do that. Some couldn't give a stuff. HKS pistons run on stock clearances (about 1.5 thou I think). JE's normally run at least twice that IIRC.