Why do a lot of people say to replace your pistons with Mahle, because there the manufacture of the original piston?
If the original pistons crack across the top at the exhaust valve relief?(mine have 3 out of 8 cracked on an engine with around 80,000 miles on it) now that was a water company service truck so I know it ran more in sitting time than miles but, there still cracked....
Are the original pistons CAST or FORGED?
Are the new Mahle piston CAST or FORGED?
I won't rebuild a sbc with cast pistons, so I shore don't want to put a cast piston in something with twice the compression.
I've looked every were for the info on the Mahle #144171HAWR and can't find any thing that say cast or forged.
(That # is for the non turbo wrist pin, 0.010 lower compression height, coated tops, w/rings & wrist pin)
If the original pistons crack across the top at the exhaust valve relief?(mine have 3 out of 8 cracked on an engine with around 80,000 miles on it) now that was a water company service truck so I know it ran more in sitting time than miles but, there still cracked....
Are the original pistons CAST or FORGED?
Are the new Mahle piston CAST or FORGED?
I won't rebuild a sbc with cast pistons, so I shore don't want to put a cast piston in something with twice the compression.
I've looked every were for the info on the Mahle #144171HAWR and can't find any thing that say cast or forged.
(That # is for the non turbo wrist pin, 0.010 lower compression height, coated tops, w/rings & wrist pin)