tranny questions, about the 020

[Rabbit on Roids]

i would be highly surprised if you are going to get another 110 horsepower out of your 1.6 than what dave cross could get out of his. dave builds these things all day every day, for most of his life. if you can squeeze 3 bills out of a 1.6, i will bow down and call you master, and be your first follower.

i, myself, do not think you can squeeze 300 horsepower worth of fuel and air into one of these things without the head exiting through the hood. i dont think the blocks or heads can handle it. i know people even have a tough time getting to the 250 horse mark with a 1.9, im pretty sure that the general consensus is that the 1.6 can be built to around 200 horsepower, and the AAZ can be built to 250, but anything after that is no mans land.

find a foundry, get some money, and get them to cast you an iron head. then you will be able to run 80 psi boost, or atleast thats what ive heard. i think theres some guy in norway or sweden or something with a cast iron head and 80 psi, on a 1.6 engine.

not trying to say you arent capable of building this kev, just pointing out that these engines do have mechanical limits, and the head is definitely one of the weak links.

no one else can get those kind of power numbers out of a 4cyl vw diesel, so how are you going to do it?

i would still love to see it done, please... PROVE ME WRONG!

[NintendoKD]

I would love to, prove you wrong that is , I would rather be safe than sorry, at least in the tranny dept. that is.  I want to plan for the worst.  I am in the Military after all.  I did see the link once before somewhere else , so thank you, this is very helpful.  Lets say that I never will attain the impossible of running 300 horses through this engine, that is just a goal, however lofty.  I would rather have a transmission that can stand the test of time and my impatience.  I don't want people not to take me seriously, but I also don't want to illude someone into thinking that I am some kind of Magician that can do things that no one else can.  Foundry, you say?  Hmmmmmmm....... well 70 pounds is quite a bit, but I don't think that I will, 40 is the target for right now.

[NintendoKD]

http://www.brokevw.com/

thanks guys

[rabbitman]

Yeah I think when you push too much air/fuel into the these the precups like to break and/or fall out......if you can keep the head on that long .

[Rabbit on Roids]

it still might be a chore keeping a head gasket in the engine at 40 psi. if you want 300 horses, you should make a cast iron head.

[NintendoKD]

I will look at other areas of improvement, I am still on for the ceramic precups, as well as some ideas that I have yet to present here   Let's see, dry sump 17/22 hybrid, mains girdle, lightweight flywheel, and crank, knifedged for less windage, chromoly rods, ceramic coating, port and polished head, plasma polished pd intake, big straight exhaust, all of the engine mods are in order, just a matter of getting a way to put all of that to good use to the asphalt.

[Rabbit on Roids]

transmissions are not rocket science. either put a bolt kit in an 020, or find yourself something more complicated. there are tougher transmissions than the 020, but none as simple and easy to work on.

[NintendoKD]

4K Ratios
1st: 3.45
2nd: 2.12
3rd: 1.44
4th: 1.13
5th: 0.89
Final: 3.94

FK Ratios:
1st: 3.45
2nd: 2.12
3rd: 1.44
4th: 1.13
5th: 0.91
Final: 3.89


hope that this helps, these are the most sought after close ratio 020's out there.

[mystery3]

Let's see, dry sump 17/22 hybrid, mains girdle, lightweight flywheel, and crank, knifedged for less windage, chromoly rods, ceramic coating, port and polished head, plasma polished pd intake, big straight exhaust, all of the engine mods are in order.

By 17/22 hybrid are you talking about vnt's? How many are you going to run? One for each cylinder?

[NintendoKD]

just one vnt, I will be using the linkage style control that another member here is using.  The 17/22 hybrid will be a completely custom setup, complete with my own custom headers vnt 17 exhaust side with the compressor side from a bmw vnt 22.  I have a friend of mine that works in a turbo refab place and will let me use the facilities for this purpose.  I am not saying that the two will magically marry together, there will certainly be some fabrication involved, but this turbo will be the reason for all of the fuss, providing 40+ pounds of boost, if I so choose.