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Still smoking a tiny bit under load, another oil change and good clean through of the breather methinks!
Depends when they were done I think. Some of the later GTI Eng conversions used the 2.0 bore and stroke dimensions with stock VW 2.0 bits. (82.5 x 92.8). I expect they stopped paying for special cranks when VW produced an alternative in reasonable numbers.jonGTX wrote:Right bit of an update, the car's being used for VW Action then most likely being rested to up to save up for some repairs, its started to smoke on the over-run when warm and generally be a bit whiffy, guessing valve stem seals have gone, so will be saving up for a head rebuild, along with new coilovers and new exhaust, then get saving for the inevitable respray!
A few people were asking at the National about the specs of the engine, did my best to recall from memory but below are figures taken from the GTi Engineering website, showing specs and details of work undertaken
The conversion comprises of:
Tuftrided EN 24 crankshaft of 94.5 mm stroke
Specially machined cylinder block with 82mm bore
Lead-indium heavy duty crankshaft bearings
Alloy autothermic pistons
Gasflowed cylinder head with enlarged port diameters
Gasflowed inlet and exhaust manifolds
Reprofiled inlet and exhaust valve seats
42 mm inlet valves
35 mm exhaust valves
Selected valve springs
Sports camshaft (276 degree period)
Modified distributor
Modified injection system
Price £2695 (1988)