Mk1 16v Project

[GoLfMan]

ohh congrats mate! thats awesome, mega jealous

[Preen59]

Made my PTFE (Teflon) gudgeon buttons this evening. They came up quite good. I made them in matching sets for each individual gudgeon because they aren't all identical lengths, it probably wouldn't have mattered but it didn't cost me anything to get the exact length i wanted.

I've given them .5mm float in the bore and the radius is smaller than the rad of the piston so that there will be only single point contact in the centre. PTFE is very dimensionally stable above 23 degrees so there should be no trouble with thermal growth.

On to pics so you can so what i'm ranting about..

Here's a piston assembled with the pin and the buttons in..


And here's what the buttons look like.. Sorry, the pic is a little blurry.

[twin eng, twin turbs]

That awesome news bro, just an idea, you probably have allready checked your oil galleries but have a good look at the piston cooler jet from no 1 cyl for any damage or blockage. though it is probably a case of someone running poor oil and flogging it to score your crankshaft...

[Preen59]

That awesome news bro, just an idea, you probably have allready checked your oil galleries but have a good look at the piston cooler jet from no 1 cyl for any damage or blockage. though it is probably a case of someone running poor oil and flogging it to score your crankshaft...

Yeah i've taken the plugs out of that gallery and removed the piston coolers, there's signs on all journals of wear due to lack of lubrication. But only one journal picked up.

Lucky i wasn't going to run it like it was huh, LOON.

[Preen59]

Here's the VWfixx thread i started at the beginning of the resto.

http://www.vwfixx.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=34054

You don't have to become a member to view it.

[Preen59]

Got my brand new GENUINE dizzy today. 120 bucks US off ebay. Happy man. Should be ready to send all the gear to Silky very soon. Woo.

[GoLfMan]

i always look forward to progress on this car, that engines a killer mate

[Preen59]

Thanks dude, all the crappy stuff is next though. With the car i mean not the engine.

[Preen59]

Time for an update you say?

Well I just bought a head and main stud kit, plus a set of Supertech HD valve springs and Titanium retainers.. Take that, bank account!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=022&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=350051873834&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290206186082&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=019

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=018&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&viewitem=&item=280205406923&rd=1

Woo! That felt goooooooood.

[Jarred]

ebay, preeny's best friend and unofficial sponsor of VWW! hahah

[Preen59]

ebay, preeny's best friend and unofficial sponsor of VWW! hahah

Haha, yeah.

I've found the stores on ebay to generally be the cheapest and there's no hassles.

[Peter Jones]

Go Team E-Bay!!



Pete

[Preen59]

Go Team E-Bay!!



Pete

Time for 'VWwA team ebay' stickers? how cool would that be! might jump on illustrator tomorrow..

[Peter Jones]

Save the file as a 1 bit black and white .bmp, send it to me, and I'll cut you one!

Pete

[Preen59]

Save the file as a 1 bit black and white .bmp, send it to me, and I'll cut you one!

Pete

Thats ok Pete, i have a mate with a $40k Mimaki CMYK colour printing machine and cutter.

But thanks!

When i get a design sorted i'll post it and if you like it i'll get some made.