2.5l upgrades for the NA I5

[Per Lindgren]

What about the rods or pistons from the 2.5? I guess you are thinking of the 2.5
from the T4? ANd finally the South African version of the T3 Caravelle has a 2.6
Audi I5. That one has a 95.5 crank stroke. It has 136 hp and 200 Nm at 3000 rpm.
View more specs at http://www.vw.co.za

PerL
92 Cabrio 2.3E



Mihnea Cotet wrote:

> Hi guys!
>
> I've just done some mathematics and geometry today to see if a 2.5 crank
> coud fit in a 2.3 block.
> This 2.5l engine uses a 82.5 mm bore size with a 92.5 mm stroke. As opposed
> to the 86.4 stroke for the 2.3.
> The problem that resulted was that either the stock block is 5mm too short
> to accomodate for the longer stroke or stock rods are 5mm too long.
> The distance between the holes in the stock rods is 159 mm for both engines.
> What could be the solution?
> Cutting/rewelding the rods? "Prolongate" the block? The latter seems pretty
> much like Sci-Fi :))!!!
>
> Any BTDTs?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mihnea
>
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