Block interchangability

[brianm at earendel.org (Brian McGarvey)]

Actually Dan there is room for two. If you can figure out how to hook them 
up. Getting a Saab turbo + a K26 would be the hot ticket :-) remember that 
firewalls, and fenders are optional in this car. 
brian



On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Dan Bubb wrote:

> The squirters are just there, squirting at the bottom of the piston. As long
> as they clear everything (and no reason they shouldn't) all is good.
> 
> As far as the turbos; I don't know anything about the KKK turbos. All you
> can do is look at the characteristics on the existing engine and try to
> extrapolate to the different engine size. I would think either of the KKK's
> on a 1.8 L engine would be peaky and laggy. Not the ticket for an auto-x
> car, but good for the drag race provided you have enough traction. OTOH, if
> they're sized to give really good low end response on the original engine,
> like the K03 on the A4, then maybe they would be a good choice.
> At least with the T3/T4 we can get compressor maps, but we still don't know
> about response.
> A K03 would give really good low end response on the 1.8L 8V, but top end
> would suck. To bad there isn't room for two of them with the second one
> coming online at high CFM since they are cheap as rags!
> OK! Forget I said that.
> Later
> Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org>
> To: Dan Bubb <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>
> Cc: GRM Skateboard Racing -- Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; Brian Haygood
> <haygood@myway.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; Rick Alexander
> <ralexander03@snet.net>; Brett Van Sprewenburg <brett@netacc.net>; Scott F.
> Williams <sfwilliams@comcast.net>; Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>
> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Block interchangability
> 
> 
> > THose are the kind of things that we can do.
> >
> > Ooooh BTW I need a little advice...
> >
> > Turbo choice
> > T3/T4 hybrid $300-500 various trims
> > K24 $100 (stock UrQ turbo)
> > K26 $100 (audi 10vT)
> >
> > any suggestions.
> >
> > and regarding the squirters etc. is there anything fancy that we have to
> > do?
> > brian
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 18 Aug 2003, Dan Bubb wrote:
> >
> > > >From the table Allyn listed it looks like all will work.
> > > But, doesn't the G60 have oil squirters for the pistons? And if you're
> > > aiming for big power that means lots of boost, so you really want the
> > > squirters. Means you'd need to put all the goodies into a 16V block.
> > > Dan
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Brian McGarvey" <brianm@earendel.org>
> > > To: "GRM Skateboard Racing -- Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; "bigmac"
> > > <brianm@earendel.org>; "Brett Van Sprewenburg" <brett@netacc.net>;
> "Brian
> > > Haygood" <haygood@myway.com>; "Dan Bubb" <jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>; "Rick
> > > Alexander" <ralexander03@snet.net>; "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>;
> > > "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
> > > Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 11:34 PM
> > > Subject: Block interchangability
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hey ya'll
> > > > This is a GRM cheapass question..
> > > > the G60 block i got is prolly crap, but the pistons, rods, and crank
> are
> > > > prolly salvagable. So my question is
> > > >
> > > > if i get one of the readily available, 1.8L 16v or 8v blocks that are
> > > > often available free or very cheap, can I swap the crank, rods, and
> > > > pistons into the block? Cheapass Racing wants to know...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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Brian 
88 16v $2003 GRM challenge car http://www.grmotorsports.com
84 0v Next years car got parts?
82 2.0L Topless bunny -- Knock Ignition and bigger clutch. next.
90 90q20v doing daily driver duty. 
91 VFR750F everybody needs a 11-12 sec vehicle.

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