fastnovacrash
01-12-2007, 12:03 AM
Hi,
I am currently re building a 1.8 kr engine to go into my mk3 golf but have been almost completely unable to get hold of new oversize pistons.
I must have called 30+ companies today and most of them said they just couldn’t get them, and the few that could want around £150 per piston!
I was looking on an American website and they have them for a very reasonable price but only for a 1.8 PL engine, does anyone know if these will fit. They didn’t even list a kr engine so I wasn’t sure if the codes are different over there.
It doesn’t give much information on the piston only that it is 2nd oversize (81.5mm) for a 1988 1.8 golf GL engine code PL, part number: 026107081R
Surely the blocks must be the same, it is the right size and same year, and 81.5mm is what I am after, but someone here must know if there may be any differences. I don’t fancy paying out £600 just for the pistons!
Any help is welcomed. :1zhelp:
Jonathan
I am currently re building a 1.8 kr engine to go into my mk3 golf but have been almost completely unable to get hold of new oversize pistons.
I must have called 30+ companies today and most of them said they just couldn’t get them, and the few that could want around £150 per piston!
I was looking on an American website and they have them for a very reasonable price but only for a 1.8 PL engine, does anyone know if these will fit. They didn’t even list a kr engine so I wasn’t sure if the codes are different over there.
It doesn’t give much information on the piston only that it is 2nd oversize (81.5mm) for a 1988 1.8 golf GL engine code PL, part number: 026107081R
Surely the blocks must be the same, it is the right size and same year, and 81.5mm is what I am after, but someone here must know if there may be any differences. I don’t fancy paying out £600 just for the pistons!
Any help is welcomed. :1zhelp:
Jonathan