///S4cylinder update...engine build

[bob]

Cool Jim!  Just out of curiosity what are you using for rings? Did you 
go with the total seals?

AUDIJIM at aol.com wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>I have been accumulating parts for my spare AAN engine rebuild to replace the 
>Lehmann AAN (that runs on 4 cylinders when cold) that resides in the car now. 
>The lower end will be going together this weekend. I'll start by breaking the 
>glaze off the cylinder walls with a Flex Hone. I will be using the stock 
>crank but with upper and lower hardened crank/main bearings. ARP main bearing cap 
>studs will also be going in at this time. I will be assembling the pistons and 
>rods and installing. I'm using Pauter Machine rods at the stock 144 mm 
>length. They are match weighed at 602 grams each. They are unbelievably right on the 
>money at 602 g. I have to tell you that for the money, the Pauter Machine 
>rods are fantastic pieces of art. I deal with Carrillo and Pauter Machine rods on 
>a regular basis, and I think I will always lean towards the Pauter product 
>just because of the quality that you can see and feel in your hands. The pistons 
>were ultrasonic cleaned and weighed. The lightest piston was 344.5 grams, the 
>heaviest was 351 grams. They have been match weighed to 244.5 grams to the 
>nearest ten-thousandths of a gram. All the piston pins are 79 grams each. I'll 
>finish the lower end with ARP head stud installation. I'm in the middle of a 
>mild port and polish job on my AAN head and then that's off the get new guides, 
>valves (intake and exhaust) valve job, seals, ect. 
>
>I will be running my good friends Bob Pastore's code and VMAP. I just have to 
>chime in about the pinging topic that has been going around the past few 
>days. I have yet to hear or feel any pinging under boost or any other condition 
>with Pastore's code. Another friend of mine (Phil Ackley) who has a full RS2 
>engined S6 (and then some) said he felt detonation or pinging with someone's code 
>but I don't remember who's it was. I was in the car with him when he felt 
>this and I could not feel/hear/smell /taste anything out of the ordinary. Whoever 
>was having the pinging issue, have you tried a better grade of petrol? I 
>tried to save a couple bucks one day when I ran a lower grade fuel (89) in my Euro 
>200/5000 that Jim Pasqualoni know owns (Dammit! I should not have sold that 
>car!) The car ran like dog crap and I actually siphoned the tank and used the 
>gas for my lawn mower. Off to the gas station for my usual 93/94 and all was 
>well again. That was the only time I felt or knew what pinging "should" feel 
>like.
>
>Jim
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