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Old 11-05-2007, 12:59 PM   #6
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Name: AsTroSS
Title: problems start @80 psi
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Originally Posted by Soup Nazi
The 12V Marine piston from Mahle is weak. Expect failures faster than a stock 12V Cummins piston from years 1995 and up.

If the HP is kept under 700 and cp's are held within reason they should be fine with limited use.


You mean Mahle 155 degree bowl piston?


According to Smokem, those pistons are better than Cummins original marine pistons (reason:better the ring landing location).
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