Author Topic: engine going in in a few days (Read 2605 times)

craptastic · « **on:** October 03, 2004, 03:04:18 pm »

i spent way too much money buying everything (except injectors and turbo) new for this junker. i plan on running it at factory settings for a month or so to get all the kinks worked out. then i need to read up on how to pump things up a little bit.

that heap is going in this heap:

can't wait to get it running.

RAMMSTEIN · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2004, 04:34:54 pm »

May I ask you what kind of engine it is?

That's a big ass turbo, that's for sure!

craptastic · « **Reply #2 on:** October 03, 2004, 05:56:40 pm »

it's a 1.6L Turbo Diesel. this is a diesel forum, right? it's a hydraulic lifter head, flowed, with a 3 angle valve job, and maybe .003 shaved off the head (just to make it perfect... i know, i know, you can't deck a diesel), on a stock "refreshed" block. i have a couple different intercoolers also. i just haven't decided which one is gonna work best.

Dr. Diesel · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2004, 07:46:46 pm »

looks good! are those rims bolted on inside out? hehe

craptastic · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2004, 08:32:56 pm »

yeah it looks that way with the wheels. they're not bolted on inside out, they're 8 inches wide. 13x8 widened factory steelies. i need to clean them up. they look like crap. it'll all happen soon enough.

RAMMSTEIN · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2004, 10:13:56 pm »

craptastic, it could have been a MB diesel engine for all I know.:oops:

An engine looks quite different when out of a bay than in. :wink:

How much boost this baby gonna push? :arrow: :?:

craptastic · « **Reply #6 on:** October 03, 2004, 11:20:13 pm »

hey, i'm in the same boat as you with this diesel stuff. this is my first experience and i kinda jumped in head first. i reckon it'll be pushing stock boost for a while to get it broken in. we'll see what happens after that. it's gonna be my commuter car (50+miles each way) so i'll probably keep it pretty sane.