[Vwdiesel] 1.6 turbo blocks

[Shawn Wright]

On 18 Jun 2004 at 23:28, HWY9FERGS at cs.com <HWY9FERGS at cs.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi all , I finally got educated enough to figure some things out with these 
> 1.6 blocks. (Thanks for the pics, Shawn!) I have an older, early 1.6 CR block 
> and it definately is lacking the bosses in the casting where the oil squirters 
> go. HOWEVER, much to my surprise, the CS block I have from a vanagon DOES have 
> the correct casting. The flats would need to be machined and the holes 
> drilled for the squirters but it does appear to be doable, if marginally impractical 
> due to cost of machining and the squirters. If I had to guess I would say the 
> ME blocks most likely have the correct castings as well, but I'm not sure. 
> Anyway, it's back to trying to come up with squirters. Any leads on some good 
> used ones would be much appreciated, although I realize I'm working against 
> myself in that department. But-- maybe I just think it's doable, and it's really 
> too tricky for a mere mortal to pull off. So forget all about it and send off 
> those squirters, there's actual real money in it for you!! No kidding! Doug 
> Ferguson 

Doug,

Do you have a line on the TD pistons, or do you plan on trying to modify NA ones? (Is 
this safe...?). I've seen TD shortblocks on Ebay for around $1000 US, and since the TD 
pistons are about half that, I'd be thinking pretty hard about all the other costs to get an 
NA block turned into a TD. I bought my complete 1.6TD engine with all accessories and 
a complete exhaust system for $1200 CDN. That was 8 years ago, and they may be 
harder to find now in good running condition, but maybe you can find one in good 
rebuildable condition (that doesn't need new pistons). My $1200 engine went 300k kms 
and is still within specs for a rebuild with standard pistons.
Not to rain on things, but I'd hate to see you sink $600-800 into it when you might find a 
real TD for not much more...--
Shawn Wright
http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright
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