I am just about to buy some Mahle powerpak pistons and Carillo Forged rods at very good prices, i shall be running them in a 450/450+ 2.5 build.
I am just gauging interest in who would be interested in the same, pics and prices to follow,
so who would be interested
Mahle PowerPak Piston Kit: SUBARU
The Mahle PowerPak is a complete, race proven piston assembly kit.
It is composed of hand deburred, forged, performance coated pistons, high quality steel pins, round wire locks and low drag performance rings.
Performance coatings include a phosphate dry lubricant that is used to protect against ring micro-welding and pin galling during initial startup and break in. For added performance, MAHLE applies its proprietary Grafel anti-friction coating to each piston skirt.
Piston Kit Features: - Forged from 4032 high silicon low expansion aluminum alloy for high strength and reduced piston to wall clearance.
- Radiused valve pockets.
- Forced pin oiling
- Precision pin fitting and easy to use round wire locks included
- 23mm high quality German steel wrist pins (123 grams) INCLUDED
- Precision ring grooves for included 1.2, 1.2, 2.8mm rings (EJ20/207)
- Precision ring grooves for included 1.2, 1.2, 2.5mm rings (EJ25/257)
K1/Carrillo
Connecting Rods
All Sport Compact
H-Beam (H)
Billet 4340 Steel H Beam connecting rods. Closely monitored material mechanical properties for optimum performance. Designed and finish honed in the USA. Sizes held to some of the tightest tolerances in the industry, +/- .0001” and +/- 1 gram per end. Shot peened for improved fatigue life. Bronze wrist pin bushings. Exclusively using ARP 2000 fasteners.