the swallow tail project has begun.......

[william]

awesome work alex as always. the heart of the beast is gleaming

[Preen59]

lightened and trued the intermediate shaft

Hmmm. I seem to recall one pretty much the same somewhere that i've seen...

Very nice. Just the way i'd do it.

[alex g]

yer i actually saw jarred aka xkromx do his and then you but there is something they say about great minds

[Preen59]

yer i actually saw jarred aka xkromx do his and then you but there is something they say about great minds

Haha very true.

[twin eng, twin turbs]

[QUOTE=Preen59;320927]81mm is standard bore. So 81 may be the piston size. The "bore size" is actually the piston size. The bore will be slightly larger (bore clearance etc, you know). QUOTE]

To get technical on piston sizes the bores are machined exactly to a standard size of say 81.00mm in the standard motor and as mentioned increase in 0.50mm increments. 81.50mm, 82.00mm etc

The clearance is machined into the pistons and varies from standard cast pistons to aftermarket forged pistons. The mean diameter clearance from factory on cast pistons is 0.05mm less than the bore diameter,
so for a 81.00mm bore the pistons are 80.95mm diameter. Forged pistons such as wiseco with teflon coated skirts have a recomended clearance
0.0625mm and JE has 0.075mm.

Pistons are measured with micrometers 10mm up the skirt and at 90 degrees to the gudgeon pin.

After boring and honing to many blocks to mention id recommend wiseco in an NA build up such as yours if you do bore it out. They are the quietest and lightest pistons on the forged piston market.

[alex g]

cheers pal
i am probably going to leave the bottom end as is, may look for a little more compression with the combination of gapless rings and a slight head decking

[alex g]

sorted the winders and made some lightweight door pulls/openers.and finally built a engine stand for the motor

[GoLfMan]

you sir have some awesome fabrication skills

[rayray086]

Awesome stuff Alex, love the door pullers.

[Preen59]

Awesome stuff Alex, love the door pullers.

Very 356-esque. I love em too.

[DubSteve]

Saw this work today ****in crazy loved every bit of that door!

[static1800]

Looks awesome Alex, keep up the good work.

Curious how much the carbon costs to make up the door trims?

[16v_kid]

Looks awesome Alex, keep up the good work.

Curious how much the carbon costs to make up the door trims?

you can buy them of eBay.

[alex g]

thanks guys , i feel as if am really getting somewhere now, got a few weeeks holiday and access to the full workshop so painting will be happening soon(i have decided to do it myself)

you can buy them of eBay.

exact, they are from performance trim in the uk via ebay, they do heaps of quality vw related stuff

all of the other carbon i have cast myself from matting from the states

[16v_kid]

thanks guys , i feel as if am really getting somewhere now, got a few weeeks holiday and access to the full workshop so painting will be happening soon(i have decided to do it myself)




exact, they are from performance trim in the uk via ebay, they do heaps of quality vw related stuff

all of the other carbon i have cast myself from matting from the states

they have quite i few stuff for vw's