my 1.6L rebuild and upgrade

[HP]

I can't see the pictures!  :cry:

[fspGTD]

i guess i will build it something like this: http://www.centralvwaudi.com/tdi/latestpics/big/16vturbo3.jpg
but reverse mounted to have enough space to fit long runner intake. what steel is normally used for those manifolds?

Usually I see stainless steel grade 304 or even grade 316 used for turbo headers.  400 series stainless and mild steel are cheaper options but supposedly will not last as long in this high-heat, pre-turbine application.  Grade 316 stainless steel may not be necessary for a cooler running diesel application as it is on turbo gasser applications.

I think with a good deisgn and well-braced/supported turbocharger, you could get away with using tubing as thin as .065" wall thickness.  Going to thicker tubing will add strength, with the side effect being increased weight.

[16V-Sauger]

I can't see the pictures!  :cry:

the server which is hosting my pictures is  momentarily down :cry: should be up again in a few ours

@fsp

i will try to find out which company has some of that stuff for a good price

but .065" is just about 1.6mm?!  :shock:  isn't that a little bit thin?

[16V-Sauger]

thats what i expect my valves to look like  :twisted:









is it possible that the outlet valves aren't sodium-filled? even on a turbodiesel?

[QuickTD]

is it possible that the outlet valves aren't sodium-filled? even on a turbodiesel?

 I have cut up bent 1.9TD exhaust valves in every way possible hoping to find the tasty sodium filling, no joy. I'm not sure if its just a myth or if some are actually sodium filled. If they are out there, I haven't been able to find them...

[16V-Sauger]

ok, that gives me a good feeling while grinding that valves so much down  :twisted:

[16V-Sauger]

polished rods from a RS2, rod bolts from a g60 (+25% diameter)

 

[vph]

Those are puuuuurty!

[16V-Sauger]

Those are puuuuurty!

my online-translator doesn't know the word purty  

[RabbitGTDguy]

 
polished rods from a RS2, rod bolts from a g60 (+25% diameter)

 

Very nice

[bhtooefr]

Those are puuuuurty!

my online-translator doesn't know the word purty  

Purty is slang for pretty.

[16V-Sauger]

Those are puuuuurty!

my online-translator doesn't know the word purty  

Purty is slang for pretty.

aaah that sounds translatable even without an online-translator  :lol:

[935racer]

How are you planning on achieving 1.8 litres? Those rods wrist pin holes are too small for diesel pistons.

[16V-Sauger]

indeed, i got a set of flat 81mm pistons.

when they are here, i'll post some pics

i hope the block is able to handle 81mm pistons :?

[935racer]

The block should take 81 pistons, its the copmpressiont he block might no take. I hope you got 81mm FORGED pistons... I am very intersted in how this turns out, props to you for pioneering :twisted: