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You need 2.0ltr pistons, more... (archive)
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Posted by Matt S on June 11, 2001 at 10:50:53:

In Reply to: Help!! Pistons go higher than block! posted by Josh Cook on June 10, 2001 at 12:40:27:

The rods on the 2.0 and 1.8 are the same length, and the difference in stroke is accounted for in the placement of the wrist pin. In the 1.8 they are set lower in the piston which leaves it higher in the cylinder @ TDC with the 2.0 crank.

Matt
Maximillian Importing

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