Mk1 16v Project

[twin eng, twin turbs]

You should post some pics of your engine goodies like bonks head job he gave you he he on your cylinder head that is! So do you want a ride to the nats this year guaranteed we will get there fast! Ill even let you drive the turbs mk2. Is tom coming?

[Preen59]

You should post some pics of your engine goodies like bonks head job he gave you he he on your cylinder head that is! So do you want a ride to the nats this year guaranteed we will get there fast! Ill even let you drive the turbs mk2. Is tom coming?

Haven't got the head back yet, otherwise i would have many pics so i could boast about having one of the best 16v heads in australia . I'm taking the Karmann Ghia to the nats this year, but i'll take you up on the drive. .

Got my bearings today (again, thanks Andrew!) and fitted my rod bearings. I'll fit the mains next week and mic everything up so that i can get the crank individually ground to exact size to give it top tolerance (highest) clearance on each journal, a must for a high revving engine.

I've also been offered a part time position as Race Engineer for a guy who runs a V8 supercar in the Fujitsu series, which should be some fantastic experience aswell as a good boost in my weekly income.

[GoLfMan]

I've also been offered a part time position as Race Engineer for a guy who runs a V8 supercar in the Fujitsu series, which should be some fantastic experience aswell as a good boost in my weekly income.

dude mega jealous of you right now!!!!

i wanna see this car when im up in sydders and have a few cold bevvies mulling over it

[Preen59]

dude mega jealous of you right now!!!!

i wanna see this car when im up in sydders and have a few cold bevvies mulling over it

Its JUST a mk1 4 door you know? I like it and i'm happy with what i'm doing, but its nothing that flash. Except the donk, it'll be pretty serious. Once i'm finished i'm going to build a full on race 1.8 16v. Solid lifter head light weight everything 9500rpm type stuff.

Edit: Having said all that, i'm glad theres other people that like it too. Thanks for the complements.

[GoLfMan]

Its JUST a mk1 4 door you know? I like it and i'm happy with what i'm doing, but its nothing that flash. Except the donk, it'll be pretty serious. Once i'm finished i'm going to build a full on race 1.8 16v. Solid lifter head light weight everything 9500rpm type stuff.

Edit: Having said all that, i'm glad theres other people that like it too. Thanks for the complements.

deerrrrr its just a mk1 4 door, i just love the serious engine prep thats going into this 16v, its old school cool with some nice engine building and engineering going into it, not just bolt on sh$t
to hell if its a 4 door, extra practicality

[Jarred]

I too like what you're doing with your mk1. taking the time to do it proper and making it look pretty sweet along the way. lookg forward to more updates for sure!

oh, and well done with the future job prospects!

[twin eng, twin turbs]

I'm taking the Karmann Ghia to the nats this year, but i'll take you up on the drive. .

Thats awesome your taking the karmann ghia it should be shown off more often as it is probably one of the cleanest ive seen! But it stiill dosn't have water cooling.... As yau know we have the same supertech oversize valves but did you realise that they are boardering on to big on the exhaust side and almost require new oversize seats aswell! See how yours go when they are cut and you'll no what i mean.

[Preen59]

I'm taking the Karmann Ghia to the nats this year, but i'll take you up on the drive. .

Thats awesome your taking the karmann ghia it should be shown off more often as it is probably one of the cleanest ive seen! But it stiill dosn't have water cooling.... As yau know we have the same supertech oversize valves but did you realise that they are boardering on to big on the exhaust side and almost require new oversize seats aswell! See how yours go when they are cut and you'll no what i mean.

Hmm interesting. I think bonk is getting G and G to do my head so i'll just have to see how it goes. The head is a 9a head and was very low K's when i got it, not that it makes much difference. Bonk said that .5 out of the throat of the insert should be fine, i hadn't taken a look though, because the head had no cams in it so all the valves were shut.

[Preen59]

More progress today.. Slightly.

MIC'd up the big end and main bearings.

The rods varied .02mm between them, but the mains were all within .005mm, which is 3/8ths of a mickey hair of stuff all. So i'll get the mains on the crank ground all to a set size and i'll only worry about individually sizing the big end journals.

Here's a pic when i was doing it, obviously i've left the bearings in the rods and the mains i have kept them in sets and numbered for the corresponding cap.



Oh, and i worked out why the 16v's and later have 3 piece centre bearings too. Making the centre thrust bearing in 3 pieces enables them to use a normal bearing for the journal and 4 thrust bearings that are all identical.

What this does is allow them to only have to tool for the 2 bearings, which is far cheaper and less complicated with no need for changeover etc, but also it means that on the production line they only need to have the 2 types of bearing available, this reduces logistical and mismatched part issues, which lowers the chance of running out of the parts on the production line.

You may not think that's interesting but i do.

[GoLfMan]

i think its very interesting and its a smart move to by VW production...

engineering like that i love except for when it is used to cat corners in quality and durability which it too often is!