rkelly said:Hi Ken,
Thanks for the input, it is appreciated.
I am giving serious consideration to using my original rods. What is your view on re bushing my original rods to accommodate the 23 mm pin in my new mahle pistons. Do you know were I could source suitable bushings at reasonable cost?
Cheers,
Ryan
Ryan, make sure the compression heights are the same for the new pistons vs the old (the distance between the centre of the pin and the crown). Arrow can possibly bush the rods, failing that, a good engineering shop could do it.You could try Laranca Engineering, they make rods in-house, so I'm sure they can do it. We also do this, but only on our own (non Porsche) engines. I'm assuming the stock pins are larger diameter?
Didn't mean to crash Ken's answer btw.