Cylinders were inspected by the machine shop. Found to be a bit rusted, but can be bored 1st oversize to 80.5mm. I can’t think of a good reason not to reuse them, given they appear original.
Neither part found in the factory parts catalog for 1st oversize pistons (80.5mm) Mahle 901-103-038-50 or Schmidt 901-103-038-51 are available anywhere I can find.
Briefly considered ditching the original cylinders, and jumping to 2.2L 84mm or 86mm set? That would require modifying the head and there aren’t that many 2.0L heads around anymore.
The closest option I’ve located is Wossner for 80.5 bore size. It lists 9.1:1 compression ratio. The original 914-6 was listed at 8.6:1. Guess this will be our path forward.
