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On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 20:51, Keith Park wrote: > > 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? > The cast iron in the original cylinders was some of the finest cast iron I and many others have seen. I don't think they used any recycled metal in their cast iron. You say they are whipped after 75K miles. That is not true with the originals. I have seen them with over 100K miles and still show the original hone marks and very little ring ridge at the top. BTW, Cofap is owned by Mahle. Just like the company I work for is. -- 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