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On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 02:08, Ben Doughney wrote: > > Does anyone make ceramic valves for VW's? I saw something on TV that > Mercedes are starting to use them in their engines. They are supposed to be > nearly indestructible. (Probably very expensive too!) > Mahle is working on them for a few car manufacturers. But they are pretty much experimental yet. Only used in things like Formula One and such. The home office doesn't asy much about it in their Company news letter. -- Russ Wolfe Mahle-Tennex North America, Iowa Division. '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org