1.6 i.e. turbo to 1.8???
Posted: December 6th, 2011, 2:35 pm
Hi chaps,
I'm assembling a 1.6 i.e. turbo engine for my hillclimb hf turbo and the class I'm in has a capacity restriction of maximum 1.8 turbo.
I was wondering if anyone knows what methods (stroke/bore) there are to take my standard block out to 1.8 or even if it's possible or even worth it? I'm guessing there isn't enough meat in the block to simply bore it out and even then I'd have to go down the route of custom pistons which is not something i'm ready for yet.
Even stroking might be impossible as the I think the integrale crank (which would stroke me to 2.0 anyway) has larger mains journals. I'm guessing (unless anyone can correct me) that there is no such thing as a crank that is stroked for 1.8 at 84mm bore?
This is maybe not something I will do "this time" but i like to do my homework WELL in advance and (answers depending!) may look into it in the future. We'll see how i do in my first year of hillclimbing eh?
Thanks for any ideas,
Guy
I'm assembling a 1.6 i.e. turbo engine for my hillclimb hf turbo and the class I'm in has a capacity restriction of maximum 1.8 turbo.
I was wondering if anyone knows what methods (stroke/bore) there are to take my standard block out to 1.8 or even if it's possible or even worth it? I'm guessing there isn't enough meat in the block to simply bore it out and even then I'd have to go down the route of custom pistons which is not something i'm ready for yet.
Even stroking might be impossible as the I think the integrale crank (which would stroke me to 2.0 anyway) has larger mains journals. I'm guessing (unless anyone can correct me) that there is no such thing as a crank that is stroked for 1.8 at 84mm bore?
This is maybe not something I will do "this time" but i like to do my homework WELL in advance and (answers depending!) may look into it in the future. We'll see how i do in my first year of hillclimbing eh?
Thanks for any ideas,
Guy