Thread: Mahle pistons,the coatings

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i used it on race and street pistons that had it on them i feel a top coat under side of piston may help more on the street then the grafal skirts if you do not prep your bores good its all off very fast i feel the mahle is a good piston for making power but not a piston i would use in a every day street van with it contact reduction skirts .i seen it on many stock pistons for every day use but most all the times. i have taking them out or seen them used its off . i can get the mahle /pbm with out the coatings

Originally Posted by pat mccarthy

i used it on race and street pistons that had it on them i feel a top coat under side of piston may help more on the street then the grafal skirts if you do not prep your bores good its all off very fast i feel the mahle is a good piston for making power but not a piston i would use in a every day street van with it contact reduction skirts .i seen it on many stock pistons for every day use but most all the times. i have taking them out or seen them used its off . i can get the mahle /pbm with out the coatings

Pat,while I waited to see a post on this topic,I did a search on the net and did find one reply on a web page that stated the coating is worn off by 50,000 miles.So I am thinking that the engineered rings are set for the coatings and the piston to bore clearances are set to the coatings too,made me wonder about it.It does keep the temp's down so you set the bore sizes alittle tighter,but after the coating wears off,then what??.

I don't mean to come off sounding like the doubting son.All I am doing is my homework on parts so I am sure I know what I am buying.