Mahle piston

[espritturbo83]

Hi there ! I bought a set of used Mahle piston .
There in good condition .But the seller don't which
type of Turbo Esprit they are . Inside the piston
i can read "95P40 Mahle" . Does anybody of You know this code ? Thanks Harald !

[lotusguy]

Hi,

Try either of these sites for the info you're looking for:

www.prp-inc.com/mahle.htm

www.mahle.com

Happy Motoring! ...Jim'85TE

[grk]

the marks your refer to are a forging number and not a part number - all the Lotus Mahle pistons are from this forging - Lotus used 4 types. The GT3 pistons have a smaller bowl and a bronze coloured coating on the crown. The SE/S4/S4s have a dull silver chrome plating and a gudgeon pin that is 8mm longer than the early (85-89) HC pistons - that piston has no crown coating. The last type is the NA mahle that has only a very small dish to give 10,9 to 1 CR - no coating and the shorter pin.