I believe the piston pin height on the 96 Jetta (ABA) and 3A are quite different. The 3A uses 144mm rods and the ABA uses 159mm rods. I think the pins are different diameters also. Tom www.area-53.com 10 VW's, 3 Audi's, 1 Porsche, 2 Chevy's and counting... -- Email LIST problems to: scirocco-l-probs@scirocco.org. To unsubscibe send "unsubscribe scirocco-l" in the message to majordomo@scirocco.org