To MB or MC?

[Eyvind Spangen]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:52:46 +0200, you wrote:

>Aha! Local Audi dismantling shop said they have a 3B and ABY.
>+- $1500 for the head and $3000 for the complete motor of the 3B.
>The ABY head is $1500, the complete motor is $2250. It has broken lugs
>on the front mount. Forgot to ask about ECUs. :)
>
>Spoke to the guy about 20-valve head and the 10-valve block as
>prompted by this thread. He said the 3B and MC block a probably
>quite similar. :) Given the existence of the 1B and 2B, I'm not
>suprised. :) But what a price to pay to get a 20-valve. :( Think
>nice idea is make MC an EFI unit, like Graydon did (I think it
>was him).

What about fitting a 20v head on a 5-cyl diesel block? The I5 diesel
block and internals are quite a bit bigger than the I5 gasoline..
Changing pistons should to the trick - AFAIK the water/oil passages
are the same as the I5 gasoline engine.. I believe that a diesel block
can tolerate a bigger bore than the gasoline block when used in a
gasoline configuration..

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