Fitting Mahle Pistons In A Rb26 - Oil Squirters Mod

[Jobi]

Hi,

I'm thinking of fitting Mahle pistons in my RB26, but I've been told they required modifications to the oil squirters to clear piston skirts.

Can someone tell me more about this, or explain me how much of a hassle this modification is?

Thx!

[N1GTR]

Done a search?

Its all covered

[Jobi]

Hell yeah, done a search...

But I only found out that pistons skirts were hitting squirters because of the lack of notch. It seems that by modifying the squirters, you can make Mahle pistons fit without doing a custom notch on their skirts.

But I haven't found extra information on the above mentioned modification, or pictures...

If you have (or if you have a link), it would really help me.

Thx!

[NYTSKY]

Space the squirters out with washers. The exact height will be trail and error as the washers will crush once you tighten them.

Or run without squirters.

[Don Dada]

Why would a manufacturer build a piston claiming it is for a particular engine and yet still modifications have to be done for it to work!

Does cp have this problem also???

[luke gtr]

doing these pistons tonight.

dont think the washers would work because of how far you have to space them out.

too much, and they hit the counter weights on the crank.

pretty sure im on to something....

remove squiter locator, and turn the squiter a little anti-clockwise.

i done a quick trial(after spending 45minutes trying various things) and seems to clear ok.

going to do the others tomorrow at work.

will post pics when done if all good.

stay tuned.

[luke gtr]

ive done some k's, and have written my findings.

if you havnt already, please read this

[STATUS]

same for SR20, killer pistons just PIA to setup, you can modify the locator pin and rotate enough to gain good clearance.