104mm barrels and pistons...

[Fast Eddie]

Anyone have experience of AA perfomance 104 mm b+p`s for type 4 engine? They seem quite cheap.. :-)

[max2919]

This is a few year ago when AA did start to sell cylinder, I got a sett 101,6mm cylinders that was rely out of round. It cost me more to fix them then I payed for them.
They may be better now, I don't know?

[marcus ösd]

I bought my new cylinders from www.europeanmotorworks.com.  god prices

[Fast Eddie]

 Thanks for replies guys:-)

That web site is very interesting thanks.
What would be the best size piston,  I see there are 105s available.... wow. :-0
I didn't realise there were chromoly rod available for type 4.
I been told by some, the 2.0litre journals are a weak point, is this correct? Or would the moly rods fix this...?

I start thinking about one thing for my engine then get a thousand ideas extra...

[Roman]

This is a few year ago when AA did start to sell cylinder, I got a sett 101,6mm cylinders that was rely out of round. It cost me more to fix them then I payed for them.
They may be better now, I don't know?

I run AA in my engine and they work well after a stress hone. I have never seen a cylinder that is round out the box and they all have too rough honing for my taste as well.

Most of the time they work anyway, but your engine will run hot in the beginning and your oil will have metal particles from the pistons and cylinders.

[Patte]

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I been told by some, the 2.0litre journals are a weak point, is this correct?

I haven't had any probs with the 2.0 journals,  the last 8 years i have run a 78mm Demello with Pauter CroMo rods and 103,5mm P/C
with turbo maki´n 585 hp at the wheels  Redline set at 8400 rpm

[Udo]

The 2,0 ltr journals are nearly the same than chevy. The problem is that the diameter is small and the rods are wide so you have less material at the crank. A type1 or porsche for example is bigger and the crank is stronger and does not bend so much.
On a type 4 case you do not have problems like type1 because the case is stronger .

Udo

[Fast Eddie]

how do you determine the length of con rod you need when you go to stroker crank? can you use std length?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120442459781&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT

i found these.... any  thoughts.


and these are the pistons i found cheap..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-Porsche-Type-4-104mm-Piston-Cylinder-Kit-914-Bus-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem2a0a7136edQQitemZ180563818221QQptZVintageQ5fCarQ5fTruckQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories



cheers guys