Mk1 16v Project

[Preen59]

man they looks nice! your engine has so much trick stuff in it!!

Its not that trick.. I just think that with anything, you should work out what you can afford and then do the best thing you can for that budget.

[Preen59]

Oh, i had to get a couple of valves back so a mate could borrow them to cut his seats in his 16v head, cause he got the same valves as me. So i took a pic of them..



Turns out they're actually supertech valves. Which i'm not happy about. Not because they're no good but because i could have saved a heap buying them from an ebay seller rather than TT.

[Preen59]

why are you bracing the foot well? extra stiffness or just thin floors?

Stiffness, my friend. It is the key.

[Oneofthegreats]

Its not that trick.. I just think that with anything, you should work out what you can afford and then do the best thing you can for that budget.

Bingo! Hit the nail on the head.

I may have missed it but, how much power are you shooting for?

There's some nice part's there matey.

Those rod's look very nice. H-Beam, good material, good lubrication, come's with good hardware. Fairly light too at just under 600grams.

Valves look good too. Undercut stem's, look like there swirl polished too!

This should be a really nice & strong engine.

You weighing & balancing everything eg. Balancer, crank, flywheel, clutch together?

Also measuring for actual compression ratio?

How much compression are you aiming for & what camshafts?

(P.S. I'm just asking cause I love engine work & modifying)

[Preen59]

Bingo! Hit the nail on the head.

I may have missed it but, how much power are you shooting for?

There's some nice part's there matey.

Those rod's look very nice. H-Beam, good material, good lubrication, come's with good hardware. Fairly light too at just under 600grams.

Valves look good too. Undercut stem's, look like there swirl polished too!

This should be a really nice & strong engine.

You weighing & balancing everything eg. Balancer, crank, flywheel, clutch together?

Also measuring for actual compression ratio?

How much compression are you aiming for & what camshafts?

(P.S. I'm just asking cause I love engine work & modifying)

Ok, well i'd like to get over 200 at the flywheel, which should be achievable.

Yeah the rods are 450 grams total, and the L19 bolts should be more than enough. Usually the bolts break before the rods if you don't use good stuff..

Yes the exhaust valves are swirl ground and inconel.

Silky said with a 4 cyl you don't need to balance the crank with bob weights, so the crank will be balanced static (its going to be out by HEAPS after i knife edged it). I will be getting the rods balanced to within .1gm and the flywheel/clutch will be balanced, obviously. I'll be getting silky to organise all that because (as you would appear to have enough knowledge to know) an awesome engine that has been badly balanced can turn into a real heap real fast.


Oh, and i don't mind sharing, we aren't competing in the same racing class in which i need those extra couple of tenths over you.. (Ah, the ways you learn to keep secrets in kart racing...) Ask me anything and i'll answer honestly. Thats why i like this forum, everyone is eager to help eachother.

[GoLfMan]

Dude... There's NO WAY it'll be ready for the nats. Even if i had all the money right now to buy and do everything, i couldn't get it done.

But don't worry, i think i'll take the old man's Karmann Ghia.. Its pretty hot. You'll be impressed. I'll take youse for a drive in that.

If you're coming up to syd inland, i guess you could take a detour to orange... it's about 3 hrs west of sydney. Come and have a look for yourself..

hahaha sounds great mate, definately will hop in the Ghia, love those cars, and i will return the favour in the ratty golf!!!
we'll see how we go for time but i'd love to take you up on the offer of seeing the car!

[GoLfMan]

Ok, well i'd like to get over 200 at the flywheel, which should be achievable.

Yeah the rods are 450 grams total, and the L19 bolts should be more than enough. Usually the bolts break before the rods if you don't use good stuff..

Yes the exhaust valves are swirl ground and inconel.

Silky said with a 4 cyl you don't need to balance the crank with bob weights, so the crank will be balanced static (its going to be out by HEAPS after i knife edged it). I will be getting the rods balanced to within .1gm and the flywheel/clutch will be balanced, obviously. I'll be getting silky to organise all that because (as you would appear to have enough knowledge to know) an awesome engine that has been badly balanced can turn into a real heap real fast.


Oh, and i don't mind sharing, we aren't competing in the same racing class in which i need those extra couple of tenths over you.. (Ah, the ways you learn to keep secrets in kart racing...) Ask me anything and i'll answer honestly. Thats why i like this forum, everyone is eager to help eachother.

i love reading about your engine build mate and the step by step your taking it at keep it up im learning plenty!

[Preen59]

I'm just providing as much info as possible. Plus its an advantage to me to do it because its like keeping a diary on the progress for myself too.

Tried to buy some lightweight lifters off an ebay seller in the US a minute ago... They don't ship to AUS so i've had to send them an email and ask if they can for me, I even explained how to with USPS, its surprising but so many Americans don't know how to ship internationally, they think its a real pain to do..

Hopefully this guy will OK me for the purchase, these INA lifters are 25 grams lighter than standard per lifter.

[aliasmk2]

I'm just providing as much info as possible. Plus its an advantage to me to do it because its like keeping a diary on the progress for myself too.

Tried to buy some lightweight lifters off an ebay seller in the US a minute ago... They don't ship to AUS so i've had to send them an email and ask if they can for me, I even explained how to with USPS, its surprising but so many Americans don't know how to ship internationally, they think its a real pain to do..

Hopefully this guy will OK me for the purchase, these INA lifters are 25 grams lighter than standard per lifter.

Just tell them that we here in Austalia are part of the coalition of the willing & we are with them not against them

[Preen59]

Just tell them that we here in Austalia are part of the coalition of the willing & we are with them not against them

HAHAHA, nice one dude. Very nice. The real problem is that most americans (well, who i met while i was over there) are just like us aussies really. The problem is that their government and media doesn't let them know what goes on outside of their country. Their news is all about them. ALL of it. So they are very unintentionally nieve.