Where to start on an engine build

[BossHogg76]

Hopefully you guys will be able to bare with the ramblings of a rank amateur. I am looking to collect the components I need to build a new engine, quite simply i can't afford to spash out on everything at once, so have decided to slowly accumulate the parts I need.

I am looking to build a motor to meet the following criteria:

1) be a good road engine
2) provide a decent slug of power for the occasional traffic light grand prix down the Kings way, but not a peaky power output.
3) be relatively unstressed when traveling at or just below modern cruising speeds.

Now this may seem to be a a fanciful list of requirements, so hopefully you guys will be able to steer me in the right direction.

The first item i'm looking to buy is the case, I'm thinking of going brand new so I know I hopefully have a sound base to work from. The choices appear to be the following:

1) http://www.vwspeedshop.com/product.php?productid=16138
2) http://www.machine7.com/section.php?xSec=81
3) or one from here http://www.coolairvw.co.uk/Category/0/Shop_by_Product~Engine_Products~Crankcase_and_Internal_Parts~Crankcases_and_Hardware~Crankcases.html

Any ideas would be great

[fredy66]

w speed shop have a good name

ore thes one

http://www.statesidetuning.co.uk/specialoffers2.htm

[BossHogg76]

w speed shop have a good name

ore thes one

http://www.statesidetuning.co.uk/specialoffers2.htm

Thanks for that, i'd best give them a ring for up to date prices

[fredy66]

 don't now but the name is familiar.

you save so you can get a crank 

[Nico86]

If you don't already have it, buy this book it's very helpfull : http://www.amazon.com/Aircooled-Engine-Interchange-Manual-Aftermarket/dp/0760303142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294178126&sr=8-1

[BossHogg76]

don't now but the name is familiar.

you save so you can get a crank 

Aye seen the prices for cranks...............eye watering lol

 

If you don't already have it, buy this book it's very helpfull : http://www.amazon.com/Aircooled-Engine-Interchange-Manual-Aftermarket/dp/0760303142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294178126&sr=8-1

Thanks Nico86, I've been reading your thread with interest, you're one of the reasons I decided to start on this project. I'll have a look at that book, when I get back home.

[Nico86]

If you don't already have it, buy this book it's very helpfull : http://www.amazon.com/Aircooled-Engine-Interchange-Manual-Aftermarket/dp/0760303142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294178126&sr=8-1

Thanks Nico86, I've been reading your thread with interest, you're one of the reasons I decided to start on this project. I'll have a look at that book, when I get back home.

 

[fredy66]

don't now but the name is familiar.

you save so you can get a crank 

Aye seen the prices for cranks...............eye watering lol

 

If you don't already have it, buy this book it's very helpfull : http://www.amazon.com/Aircooled-Engine-Interchange-Manual-Aftermarket/dp/0760303142/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294178126&sr=8-1

Thanks Nico86, I've been reading your thread with interest, you're one of the reasons I decided to start on this project. I'll have a look at that book, when I get back home.

250 € 

[Zach Gomulka]

Start from the bottom and work your way up (out).
A 1915 is the best bang for your performance dollar (pound, euro, etc. ), and builds just like a stock engine.

[bugnut68]

I just started buying one part at a time... bought my 78.4mm DPR crank at the spring 2009 Bugorama, and met Jose, helluva nice guy!  Of course, right after I started collecting parts, everybody started telling me 'you should have gone 82mm stroke, and 94mm bore.'  Lol.   Well, for me, it was a matter of going with the parts I had and acquired.  If I were to upgrade, I would be another year or two out on the build, most likely... when I start changing my mind on things, it quickly spirals out of control.
Engine is in the final assembly stages, and I greatly look forward to firing it for the first time.

Here is some advice I do have from recent experience, though: make sure you buy  a few extras of such bits as the cam plug, main bearing dowel pins and miscellaneous gaskets, just in case you lose one or, in my case, though you had one but turns out you didn't.  That's where I'm at right now in terms of the cam plug...

[BossHogg76]

I just started buying one part at a time... bought my 78.4mm DPR crank at the spring 2009 Bugorama, and met Jose, helluva nice guy!  Of course, right after I started collecting parts, everybody started telling me 'you should have gone 82mm stroke, and 94mm bore.'  Lol.   Well, for me, it was a matter of going with the parts I had and acquired.  If I were to upgrade, I would be another year or two out on the build, most likely... when I start changing my mind on things, it quickly spirals out of control.
Engine is in the final assembly stages, and I greatly look forward to firing it for the first time.

Here is some advice I do have from recent experience, though: make sure you buy  a few extras of such bits as the cam plug, main bearing dowel pins and miscellaneous gaskets, just in case you lose one or, in my case, though you had one but turns out you didn't.  That's where I'm at right now in terms of the cam plug...

Thanks for the advice, i can see how goal posts can quickly be moved, and money can be wasted as new parts end up being replaced to chase a new spec. Must be a good feeling though knowing careful planning and saving is going to result in a new engine    .

Start from the bottom and work your way up (out).
A 1915 is the best bang for your performance dollar (pound, euro, etc. ), and builds just like a stock engine.

Thanks for the advice Zach, I'll do a bit more research and see what i end up with 

250 € 

Oh? do tell me more !!

[fredy66]

this it the place where all of my parts so far is from
send a mail and he help you


http://aircooled.fi/shop/index.php?categoryID=244