I bought this motor about 4 years ago and was told it had CB Performance H Beam rods. Well I have just pulled the motor down and guess what, not H beams.
The rods in it ware VW and appear to be clearance for stroker, linished and balanced. How much horsepower do you think these rods would take. Please remember, I am now going EFI Turbo.
I probably will end up buying H-Beams, but just curious on your thoughts re strength of these.
Thanks, Kev
P.S. I was also told it was a CB crank, but who knows. How can I tell?
150-200 hp with success. > or = to 82mm stroke crank = not soo good due to angle and weakening of rods for clearancing.
Camo ·
Great work Chris, thanks for that. Now I know the answer.
Cheers, Kev
vw54 ·
I C A complete strip coming your way
the only way to know what and how your engine will work
Camo ·
vw54 wrote:I C A complete strip coming your way
Please tell me you are not going to get your gear off again 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
vw54 ·
NO BUT u will and if u don't your wasting time
Camo ·
Dave, I understand what you are saying but looking at the barrels they don't appear to have done a lot of kilometers going off the hone marks.
I think will sell off these barrels, pistons and rods soon.
Kev
fish26 ·
Kev, honing looks good but rods a bit too clearanced, if you are serious about running anything more than 12psi boost, 5.5" h beams and thick wall 92s or 90.5s. Depending on cam you may be able to stick with what you got.
Nothing wrong with the rods, just wasn't sure if they will stand up to turbo boost. I might be better off selling this as a long motor as it is fine in naturally aspirated and is a good torque motor and starting another build from scratch with the parts I want so I can add my turbo. Not sure which path I will go down yet.
vwo60 - thanks for the link.
Kev
ian.mezz ·
I think that you would of been better buying a complete turn key EFI turbo motor from the states and selling your motor as a goer,
my2cents 😊😂😊
Camo ·
ian.mezz wrote:I think that you would of been better buying a complete turn key EFI turbo motor from the states and selling your motor as a goer,
my2cents 😊😂😊
Thanks Ian 😂😂😂😂
I still might put this back together and sell as a 2180cc long motor as it is perfectly good for a natuarally aspirated motor for someone. I have done just over 2000km in two years of my car being on the road and never had a problem with it. And then I could start from scratch with new case, rods, crank etc. Just need to hide the costs from the wife.
Kev
Governor ·
Contact Darren at DRD he does some really good kits