Rod bearings, 850-1275 1 5/8" journals. Heavy duty steel backed bearing for durability and long life. Vandervell, once the only bearings to use on a competition motor they are now made by Mahle. ACL is now commonly used in race engines.

Mahle RACE quality std size main bearings 850/998cc PRE A PLUS only as used by competition engine builders..Quantity required-1 set.

RACE quality bearing set being made at the Mahle Motorsport Race Bearing Division Vandervell F1 plant in ...

Mahle was Vandervell bearings 1.064" 27.05mm wide mains for the late 850cc plus all 997/998/1100cc at 20 thou oversize. Early 850 mains were VP592 and 1.185" 30.10mm wide...Quantity required-1 set.

Main bearings, 1275 2" mains. Heavy duty steel backed bearing for durability and long life. The bearings to use if you want it to last. The only bearings to use on a competition motor. Mahle manufacture..Quantity required-1 set.

ACL Main bearings for the crankshaft as preferred by performance engine builders 10 thou oversize pre 1985



Sintered copper lead, lead plated,steel backed

Nominal Composition

Copper 74%

Lead 24%

Original equipment quality for factory built engines giving longer life expectancy on road cars under variable conditions of oil and use. These are the 1275cc mains as fitted to A Plus engines with the locating tab in the middle rather than to the ou...

A plus bearings have a centre locating indent whereas the earlier blocks had the locating area on the side. These are A plus standard size. Fitted from 1984/5 on.

VP suffix bearings are made by Mahle with lead indium content for road or rac...

Rod bearings, 850-1275 1 5/8" journals. Heavy duty steel backed bearing for durability and long life. The bearings to use if you want it to last. The only bearings to use on a fast road car.

( Tri-Metal )

Sintered copper lead, lead...

Special superb extra strong timing chain with very limited stretch using modern day materials and technology to keep your timing correct and will fit any A series engine using a single row chain.

This chain saves all the time and effort requ...

Proper timing of the camshaft is very important and while it is easy and nice to do it with a precise adjustable cam sprocket it is also cheap to do it with offset cam keys. 1 or 2 degrees difference in cam timing can make a difference in performance...

Proper timing of the camshaft is very important and while it is easy and nice to do it with a precise adjustable cam sprocket it is also cheap to do it with offset cam keys. 1 or 2 degrees difference in cam timing can make a difference in performance...

Proper timing of the camshaft is very important and while it is easy and nice to do it with a precise adjustable cam sprocket it is also cheap to do it with offset cam keys. 1 or 2 degrees difference in cam timing can make a difference in performance...