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Mugello Cylinder Kits

The Mugello range of cylinder kits offer excellent performance combined with reliabilty for all engine case sizes. Alloy cylinders, Nicasil lined, high quality pistons, central combustion heads, all combine to make the Mugello an unrivalled cylinder kit for your Lambretta.
  • The Mugello alloy cylinder kits are a high quality performance kit, offering great all round performance, as well as extremely high reliabilty.
  • High capicity 186/192cc cylinder kits means your 125 / 150 / 175 casing can have more performance then any standard 200 kit, so you can build decent reliable performance without needing to change your existing engine case.
  • 200 & 225cc versions are available for 200 casings. The 200cc gives good performance and acceleration, and the 225 gives more torque = pulling power.


Performance is as expected dependant on the set up you use, the beauty of the Mugello range is that they have been designed for both performance and reliability. You can use any thing from a standard 18mm SH carb as fitted on many Lambrettas, right up to much larger carburettors such as 26 & 30mm. Because the Mugello retains the traditional family of port layouts as seen on more conventional Lambretta cylinders, the choice of exhausts is equally large. Standard exhausts, to fully blown performance systems can all be fitted.
Where the Mugello differs from almost all other cylinder kits currently on the market, is its construction is entirely of alloy. Along with a light weight piston, the Mugello gives a smooth and comfortable ride, balanced with reliability due to the similarities of expansion and contacting of the cylinder and piston.
From the start the Mugello was looked at in terms of what could be offered to the customer, in the end we believe along with the manufacturer we have developed a perfect cylinder kit.
In standard format the Mugello cylinder retains all original looks for your Lambretta, whilst on the other hand giving you modern performance. From a standard 186cc set up you can expect from 12 to 14bhp at the rear wheel (remember factory figures are quoted at the flywheel A Factoryt SIL200cc engine produces 8BHP at the rear wheel). By adding a performance exhaust, you could even achieve figures of 17+ bhp.
Because the cylinder can be used for all carburettor types down to 18mm, should you wish to gain even more performance this is very easy to achieve. The flow of the inlet can be opened up to its full potential, then along with the large transfer ports and exhaust port, performance from your Lambretta then becomes exciting!

186/192cc 64mm kits

The latest Mugello Ultimate kit for 125, 150 & 175 casings features a new bridge inlet port giving even more power. The kit can also be used with 58mm stroke cranks (standard Lambretta use 58mm) to achieve 186cc. Further more with use of a standard cylinder head, 60mm stroked crankshafts can then be use to achieve 192cc. The cylinder kits have a central combusrtion chamber, along with a squish band designed to be run on unleaded fuel, safley and with performance.


200 & 225 kits

The latest Mugello 200 and 225 kits are the same highly quality alloy cylinder with a Nicasil lining, central combustion chamber, along with a squish band designed to be run on unleaded fuel, safley and with performance. The 200cc piston is both lightweight and strong giving excellent performance. The new 225 pistons are taken from the Supermonza kits, and are without doubt the highest quality piston ever made for Lambrettas. The 200cc offers good all round performance, as inlet / transfers and exhaust ports are far supirior to factory type




Li 150 Mugello


Need more advice
For details of building an engine for a Mugello kit, which carburettor or exhaust to go for, and other help and advice, please visit the What We Reccomend Page


Mugello Cylinder kit Facts
  • 64, 66 and 72mm kits available
  • 58 or 60mm stroke cranks can be used on the 64mm without modification or packing plates
  • All cylinders are Nicasil plated by Giladoni
  • High quality cast pistons, low expansion rate, light and strong.
  • All the cylinder heads in the kits are central combustion, and have been computer designed MSV to work at specific rpm peak for port timings.
  • The heads have been re cast for better heat dissipation with finned area, more central mass to stop head warpage.
  • Side plug head design has been retained for ease of use on the Lambretta, but the central combustion chamber gives better combustion process over offset standard design
  • Narrow squish band design helps stop detonation and over heating of piston crown
  • The narrow squish and low MSV ratio design is excellent for sustained higher rpm running of tuned engines.
  • The cylinder head casting design also allows for centre plug machining should you wish, although this is for special order only.
  • The all new cylinder heads are CNC machined, so the new design is replicated each time every time.
  • The new cylinder heads also have some new forward thinking in them, allowing the next generation of Imola, Mugello, Monza and new high powered kit currently under test, to have extra bolt down design, which should completely eliminate the possibility in the leaking of gasket surfaces.