[Vwdiesel] Stock head gasket on 1.6TD, 2 hole or 3 hole?
LBaird119 at aol.com
LBaird119 at aol.com
Tue Jun 20 10:53:15 EDT 2006
In a message dated 6/20/2006 7:34:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
mikitka at earthlink.net writes:
> I really don't think there is such a thing as having
> too much compression on a diesel is there????
>
>
For starting, not really but for running everything above design
compression will cost mileage, performance (quickness) and
acceleratation (lower fueling) due to fighting the higher CR. The
pistons are fighting against higher pressure to compress and
the injectors are also fighting against a lower pressure differential
to get the fuel out, in time, in a good pattern and at the correct
volume.
This is the reason I've toyed with the idea of dropping the CR of
my Rabbit's engine when I eventually get to doing the head gasket.
I figured on trying about 19:1 to see what happens. Haven't been
quite that ambitious yet though. If it pays off but the starting
suffers enough then I could just dump the glow plugs for cold
weather and go with ether injection.
Loren
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