Project deX (with pics)

looks good

are you using a kr head on an abf block then?

 

I think the that the lack of weight our Mk1's have will surely make up for the lack of valves don't ya think Riley ???
Edited by: ViCk

 

yeah! lets kick some mk2 a$$.

please note i dont intend to start a mk1 vs mk2 argument,i know theres no comparison

 

ABF block, 9a head

 

sorry to be such a slow feck but I was under the impression that a kr head couldn't be used on an abf block

edit: meant 9a head...
Edited by: breeze

 

kr/9a is the same head *casting* anyway

 

i can assure you all that a 9A head does fit on an ABF block.



or at least my 9A head seems to fit pretty well on my ABF block....

 

...ooh sounds like a gauntlet being thrown ...?

 

oakey dokey, looks like you've moved up to the premiership with this one dex,see you at inters mate if ya not working or have you booked leave ?

 

I've seen that engine on EGay, it's had the crank welded and the blocks full of hairline cracks.......







Ok, it's quite good I suppose..................b@stard

 

hey wolfie - come over say hi at inters - i'll probably be on the Designadubs stand

 

now i know who bought that block for 300 quid from PVW classifieds!!! I was gunna buy that, in fact i said id be down for it then i rang him and he said he sold it [:^(]

What a deal tho, great block, ull have some fun with that. Isnt the crank reground diesel one? A 1.8 bored? Its not a 9A is it mate?

 

no worries dex i'll be over first thing....

 

well here's the spec of the engine

9A head, Blydenstein Stage 1
Twin Exhaust cams

ABF block,
82.5mm pistons (machined for correct compression)
95.5mm Diesel Crank
All lightened and Balanced
Designadubs lightened Flywheel

at the time of writing this post the car has done just over 850 miles since the engine was fitted.


and with my (basically) std cams in i am still waiting for someone to explain to me why everyone thinks 16v engines with diesel cranks don't rev......


The difference in the midrange is immense - no longer care what the rolling road graph says - this car accelerates faster 4 up in the midrange (3k-5k) than mt 173bhp 1.8 did with just me in it.

just wait til vince has had a chacne to fine tune it - Designadubs stuck the wide-band lamda on it and the fuelling looks to be pretty near spot on - might need a slight tweak and then a play with the timing

 

For once the Yanks are right "There's no replacement for displacement!"

 

ive driven dex's car (only to 2/3 throttle and 5krpm) at it pulls really hard, a well worth conversion, if u can figure out how to do it, there are so many things that u dont think about when its on the drawing board that go wrong a sunday evening when your putting it together

 

How much to convert an abf? Fit it too, into a mk1?

 

800G's - don't worry next time you drive it you can use the full gas and all the revs


and it keeps pulling all the way - all this rubbish about diesel cranks give cars that don't rev is way off the mark


Yes, it doesn't rev in the same way as my 1.8 with 260's in did - but it pulls much much harder...

 

nice one, i always thought your bottom end looked a little small

much better now

 

sounds good

were you ever using schrick cams on your motor? Wondering what happened to those (if it was you that had them) and what made you go with the dual exhaust cams.