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Poetry indeed!! What goes around comes around with bloody big knobs on!! Just love that clip in the Ferrari garage. :rofl: How cruel to lose it on the last corner! :lol: :lol: :lol: Serves you bloody right for all the free points!

:D Just listening to Massa's interview. :lol: Bloody steward's point's queen.

Alcohol! :|

Some people just have too much money!

WHY????

The eyes of a scared little boy! :lol: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 658733.stm

EGT is just a heads up readout to let me know that things aren't going horribly wrong, :eek: sticking with standard management for the time being. I wanted a standard looking engine bay with as many parts internally and externally remaining VAG as possible. The thing with a 220mm block 8v's and the 92.8mm crank is that you only have 30cc in the head and so you have to find another 30cc'ish to get your compression below 9:1 and if you want to stay with cast pistons like I did then you have to give more room for the piston. Also changing the deck height of a 236mm means that the valve timing would need playing with and the brackets for the alt and G60 would need to be customised for the extra height of the block so I did it the expensive way and changed the rod length to suit the block pistons and crank. I knew that VW had used 141mm rods in the early mk4 2.0l 8v which gives quite a low rod ratio but the low end torque would be picked up, also the CR is just what I wanted at around 8.8:1 The pistons are cast so no worries about piston slap on cold starts and oil usage and they have that nice little compression lump to push the mixture toward the spark on the 8v head. :D It's the little things. :grin: To make the engine run smoother with the low rod ratio I didn't lighten the bottom end or flywheel at all but did get them finely balanced. I think a tall block machined shorter would be a possibility but the pistons I used came from a tall bock (236mm) Audi engine that was N/A but only had a CR of 9:1 I don't know if they sold it in this country but I never did figure out why they did an N/A engine in 1995 at 9:1 real wierd! :shrug: :scratch: So anyway if you had a 236mm block and you wanted low comp cast pistons for an 8v head you could just fit the ones I did straight out the box, so to speak! Engine should be ready to go in if not this weekend then maybe next weekend if I can get a day off from being a daddy and working. :) But then I have to run it in and get it mapped, I don't think I'll stay for the rolling road map though I could not stand listening to an engine I specced/designed getting readlined. :pale: EDIT: All my knowledge and understanding comes from this forum, books and from talking to people who know their schitt! I'm not an engineer and have no qualifications in anything other than construction! :D :eek: :ignore:

Well that was my initial plan with the 220mm block 2008cc >9:1 CR 8v engine I'm very close to fitting, but I ended up getting custom length forged rods made to make it all work (in theory) just got to fit and put the theory to the test. :D Got myself an EGT probe so I can keep an eye on it! 8)

OK I have a spread sheet for this sort of thing and just quickly punched in the numbers in. And simply removing the compression lump from the 2E pistons means you would have a 0.000000 piston to head clearance :D with an ABF head gasket of 1.65mm thickness so you would need to take another .6mm out of the piston compression height. So anyway if you did this on the stock 82.5mm pistons you'd have a CR of 8.95:1 on 83mm pistons you'd get 9.044:1 CR. By the way a 95.5mm crank on stock pistons would only get you to 2042cc is it worth it? 83mm gives 2067cc. You can get a 1.9mm metal head gasket so I've read which means you wouldn't have to take as much out of the pistons. I'd say stick to the standard crank to be honest unless your curious to see what you can achieve, like myself! :lol:

Hmmm, I'm liking the sound of that. So if you are using the 2E pistons, that have a cross-section of ------\______/------ as opposed to being flat like the normal 16v ones, would that be worse for the combustion or would it be better to get some 9A pistons and machine some of the piston crown off as required to get to 8.5-9:1 compression instead, or stick with the 2E pistons and get them valve clearanced If it were me I'd either a: clearance the current 82.5mm pistons and remove the compression lump and fit the 95.5mm crank with new diesel bearing shells. quick and dirty method or b: buy good quality forged pistons that are made for the job and have the bottom end rebuilt with forged rods and have everything balanced at the same time. Do it once and do it right method. :D

http://www.motorenteile.mahle.com/eLIZA/app/queryEngine For mahle pistons you can search by spec ie pin dia bore etc. I'd stick to 83mm as 83.5mm weakens the cylinder walls too much so I've been told and .5mm really doesn't give you that much more capacity to be honest. Eurospecsport do 236mm block low comp forged pistons for 16v engines. As far as ring damage!! the closer the piston perimeter gets to the head the better protected they are from heat as the burn of fuel will be more concentrated to the centre of the combustion chamber. The 8v compression lump will actually force the mixture toward the front of the cylinder and cause ring damage.

a 95.5mm crank only affects piston deck height by half the stroke difference ( 95.5-92.8 )/2 = 1.35mm. So if you used a slightly thicker head gasket you could rid yourself of this extra height or when you have the pistons valve clearanced you could have the compression lump ground off which doesn't help combustion on a 16v head, they are usually around 0.89mm so you only then have to deal with .45mm of extra piston height which would nicely bump up your CR to around 8.7-9:1. :salute:

Glad you got sorted I have my new pair just need to save up for new fogs and I'll have a full set of new front lights! :grin: Sad aren't I!! :( Any idea on stock available at this company?

I think the 2ltrTFSI is a match made in heaven for the Corrado, power and torque delivery wise and the fact it won't affect chassis dynamics too much. Good choice I'm in awe of your efforts. You might try this guy for any questions...... http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=4029474 Oh and this forum....... http://forums.vwvortex.com/zeroforum?id=739

Use of an indicator is a signal of an intent to make a maneuver, it's not a request to other drivers to give way. I hate it when people use their indicators as a request, as I then have to keep an eye on their wheel in relation to the lane marking to make sure they aren't going to go for it having not seen me. It's mirror, signal, maneuver! Not signal, mirror, maneuver or signal, maneuver or just maneuver or mirror, signal, wait for some one to give way and then get annoyed when they don't and then maneuver erratically and then tailgate the person who did not giveway! :| Also ever find yourself watching other drivers drive right up behind a car in the left lane before thinking "oh I'm gonna have to change lanes here if I want to maintain my speed" indicates then looks in the mirror and sees you gaining on them in the middle lane and thinks "oh bollox I can't I'll have to brake" Wankers look ahead and in your mirrors don't expect others to make concessions for your s**t driving! And another thing bloody lorries overtaking each other at a 1 mph speed differential because of their tachographs, cruise control or lack of power!! Surely they realise they ain't gonna get there much quicker going 1 mph faster and also they're only gonna get stuck in a traffic jam further up the road anyway 'cos some other muppet lorry driver has turned a 3 lane motorway into a one lane rolling road block for the last 10 minutes. :censored: :mad2: :bad-words: Sorry done about 2000 motorway miles in the last month and it's getting to me!! Rant over And what about fast lane tailgaters that inevitably end up over-braking and cause those mysterious massive jams that appear to have no apparent cause! :brickwall:

Let's face it they were lucky to win in the last race of last year's season and they've been playing catchup all this season, and they have a faster car in a straight line! It's the people in the team that's causing them problems!!

Has Italy still got a communist party?? :lol: edit: a bit irrelevant, depending on how you view Ferrari's behaviour! Bloody Communists!! :lol:

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bollox! :D

I got a pair of early headlights new from TPS for around £135 inc Vat. I think they were the last pair at the factory as I asked for availability on more pairs and he said they only had R/H headlights left! The discounted price was bizarre £157 each to something like £58 each!! Need to send a cheque sent for some protectors soon!

Agreed. :|

Yeah we should all turn the telly off and get horses and carts and live in caves. :D Oh but we may have to burn down the remaining trees to keep warm. :scratch: Just keep chanting "The carbon cycle is the root of all life and the earth has been coping fine for millions of years", and will be long after it's washed the human nit infestation out of it hair. :D

Hamilton would of fought tooth and nail to get 1 point if he were in Massa's situation. I understand Hamilton being cautious with overtaking Coulthard's a liability on a race track of late, thank god he's retiring.

Yeah Massa's good until it goes wrong then he fails! Mentally he's not as strong although he does try to convince us he is during tv interviews, but you can see that he is not in his eyes. :lol:

More points in the bag for Hamilton! :D