to uprate pistons or not you decide

[chrishodge06]

hi im doing a 2.0l 2e block conversion on my gti heads been ported polished gasflowed and a piper gs2h cam kit fitted got a recon gearbox and im having the block recon new rings bearings lightend balanced arp bolts now im undecided if i should leave the pistons standard or fit je pistons do you guys think the extra cost £450 ish is worth it or do i even need uprated pistons? ill let you guys decide for me PS: this car is for daily road use but will get driven hard

[...joe]

i have a similar sort of engine in my car, but went for a re-bore with larger pistons, which was the only reason i changed them. i bought kobelschmitt pistons as they are an OE supplier to vw anyway and i drive my car hard too. yours should be fine but if you can afford it, it wont do any harm to get them!

[chrishodge06]

thanks mate im gonna go for it gives more scope for tuning later on as ive been thinking about fitting nos later on. your project page is a great read awesome car hope the conversion goes well mate

[...joe]

cool, thanks alot! my pistons turned up on friday!! for little blocks of aluminium, they are quite sexual!