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OK... but what makes the VW cylinders better than the $100 cofap variety? I can understand the pistons being better... but they are generally pretty whipped after 75K or so. What do you like most about the original stuff? Keith > On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 18:19, Keith Park wrote: > > The reason is that New cylinder and piston sets are so dirt cheap at $100 > > for all 4 of them. there is no point wasting your time messing with parts > > that are worn even if they are not worn out. I suppose for an engine I was > > just planning on getting a few more miles from but even then, by the time > > you get the old ones cleaned up... just not worth it. > > > I hate to disagree with you Kieth, but the P&C's you get now days for > $100, are not near as good as the orginals were. If I have a good used > set of original VW P&C's, I will re-ring them, rather than buy new. > (Did I say that????) I work for the biggest piston manufacturer in the > world. :=( Don't tell my boss..... > > > -- > Russ Wolfe > '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 > >