| need rings [message #784841] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 19:41 |
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hi im trying to figure out I have a baja and it has a pancake engine and i
need piston rings but no one can seem to tell me what size.The piston says
that it is a 90.48mm but no one knows what size rings go on it.If anone
knows what I need please help me
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| Re: need rings [message #784843 ] |
Wed, 19 July 2006 22:45 |
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"cheryl" <joshgodfrey [at] valornet.com> wrote in message
news:JbqdnTuax7hG8yPZnZ2dnUVZ_qWdnZ2d [at] valortelecom.com...
> hi im trying to figure out I have a baja and it has a pancake engine and i
> need piston rings but no one can seem to tell me what size.The piston says
> that it is a 90.48mm but no one knows what size rings go on it.If anone
> knows what I need please help me
>
you will have trouble with terminology....you say pancake engine, however,
alot of folks use that term as a generic description of a "boxer"
engine(horizontally opposed engine)....in a baja it is very likely that it
is a type 1 *upright* engine...the "upright" describes the cooling
system....the fanshroud is "upright" to the engine, whereas a type 3 or type
4 engine(commonly known as) are refered to as "pancake" due to their "flat"
cooling system....your pistons sound like the typical run of the mill
Mahle/Cima "90.5's"....rings are available from many online vw specific
vendors...
you need to measure your piston ring lands(the groove the rings reside in)
to get correct rings due to there being two different sized top rings for
your application....check here:
http://aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php?keyword2= EPS0003&cartid=0716200658818680
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| Re: need rings [message #784848 ] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 01:29 |
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cheryl wrote:
> hi im trying to figure out I have a baja and it has a pancake engine and i
> need piston rings but no one can seem to tell me what size.The piston says
> that it is a 90.48mm but no one knows what size rings go on it.If anone
> knows what I need please help me
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>
go to www.shoptalkforums.com and once you're there, go to one of the
type 4 -forums. Jake Raby is the best T4 specialist I know, he has his
own forum section named Aircooled technology. Ask him, you may have a T4
engine in there. Tell him i sent you :) The other pancake engine would
be type 3.
Jan
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