Mk1 16v Project

[Preen59]

preen, if your not going to do it.....are you going to sell it...

if you are...pm me.

cheers

Sure. $8,000 with the 8v engine.

[twin eng, twin turbs]

mmm have you ordered your forged pistons yet Chris....? DOVW is coming, would be a great run in drive for the beast!

[Preen59]

mmm have you ordered your forged pistons yet Chris....? DOVW is coming, would be a great run in drive for the beast!

It won't happen. Going to the states in October..

[Preen59]

Measured a Deck Height this arvo (Wow.. haha).




220.0mm. But the block is yet to be skimmed. Once that is done and i know what has been taken off it i can order pistons. (I also need to CC the combustion chambers in the head.. But we have to get a new syringe for that first..)

[WABIT]

thats it!?!?



dom

[Preen59]

thats it!?!?



dom

Hey shut up man atleast it's SOMETHING. And I worked saturday sunday this week too. So Feck Ew.

Need to talk to you about Tail Lights tomorrow too. Tim's been in my ear and i've got an idea.. (hey that rhymes!)

[Jarred]

well it's something atleast.

i spose you'll need to know all this for when you go to buy pistons when you're in the US huh?

are you looking at off the shelf items probably, or custom items maybe?

[Preen59]

well it's something atleast.

i spose you'll need to know all this for when you go to buy pistons when you're in the US huh?

are you looking at off the shelf items probably, or custom items maybe?

Custom, most likely Wieseco. 11:1 (TRUE) compression ratio. Forged 4000 series alloy.

[WABIT]

Need to talk to you about Tail Lights tomorrow too. Tim's been in my ear and i've got an idea.. (hey that rhymes!)

i cant get into my msn so just PM me with the question mate

dom

[Preen59]

I called in to see my mate at Orange Engine Reconditioners this afternoon. We discussed the best options as far as getting the correct comp ratio and the best way to do it, the pro's and cons of them all etc etc.

To cut a long (and probably boring to you guys) story short, he's going to skim what needs to come off the block to clean it up, then we'll measure the correct deck height from the crank centre line, measure the combustion chambers (gotta drop by my Uncle's and grab his Burette) for the head CC's and i can then work out a gudgeon height from the crown of the piston to give me exactly 11:1 compression including the head gasket.

I'll take some pics when i measure the chambers and show you what i mean etc and post the equations for working all this stuff out later on..