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Offline willsalter1000

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Gt/G40 piston rings
« on: October 03, 2009, 11:11:22 pm »
hi, I'm using g40 pistons in a gt block, are gt and g40 piston rings the same, or do i need a specific type
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Offline Dan

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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2009, 08:54:10 am »
They are different. 3F rings are the same as AAU. PY rings are the same as AAV, NZ and the rest of the Mk 3 Polo petrol engines.

The reason probably will be different thickness rings.
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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2009, 10:20:11 am »
thats interesting because ive asked the exact same question on club polo and ive been told there the same
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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2009, 11:26:45 am »
GT rings definitely arent the same a g40 ones, you need g40 ones to fit g40 pistons.  Fortunately g40 ones are the same as the other 1272cc mk3 engines.  Bizarrely GSF list the same rings for a GT engine but they aren't right.
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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2009, 09:30:34 pm »
thanks, how much are a set of rings ussually?
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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #5 on: October 05, 2009, 10:13:35 pm »
is gsf have any left they should be about £35, something like £100 from vw
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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2009, 10:30:12 pm »
GSF stopped selling them a while back. You probabaly got the last ones Hayesey.
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Offline Daryl

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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #7 on: October 06, 2009, 08:49:41 am »
Cant get them from vw either try a few months ago.
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Offline grayg40

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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2009, 10:11:13 am »
try jabba or PSD. i got a couple of months ago when i rebuilt mine. i got mine from a engineering place up my direction but they would post them to you, think i was about 90 ish they were from germany. i will have a look tonite and see the make and part no on the boxes.
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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #9 on: October 06, 2009, 10:52:48 am »
Quote from: Dan on October 05, 2009, 10:30:12 pm
GSF stopped selling them a while back. You probabaly got the last ones Hayesey.

well when I bought some I only paid £8 for the set because they said they only had two sets left and were selling them off.  But since then I know other people on here seem to have bought them from GSF. So I would still try them.
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Offline willsalter1000

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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #10 on: October 06, 2009, 08:35:00 pm »
thanks for the advice everybody, found this company and the prices seem pretty reasonable, anybody dealt with them before?
http://www.enginestuff.co.uk/product_info.php/cPath/5515_5705_5711/products_id/55169
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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #11 on: October 08, 2009, 09:44:19 am »
that rings are not for the PY pistons. dont know if the thickness would be right
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Offline grayg40

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Re: Gt/G40 piston rings
« Reply #12 on: October 08, 2009, 10:07:54 am »
here is a name of a company in germany that i got from
npr-europe.com
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