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posted on October 11th, 2003 at 07:55 AM
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Hey dudes,just pulled the top end off my 1300sp its got 130,000 original miles on it,it was down to 95psi in1,95psi in 2,85psi in 3 and 120psi in
4.Anyway just measured the upper comp ring side clearance 10thou,i think it has its original P and Cs.Got some fresh but not new 1600 P and Cs ready
to fall in as well as recoed heads.P.S im looking for 40 ponies on the dyno and thats with the aircleaner on dudes catchya later.:thumb
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posted on October 11th, 2003 at 05:59 PM
Those are quite good compression readings for 130,000 miles. Unsurprisingly, #3 is the worst due to higher temperatures as a consequence of flawed
cooling design.
I think VW used to commemorate 100,000 miles on customer cars in the good old days with a watch or sutchlike.
40 h.p. from a 1600 is 25 hp/litre, i.e. 1/4 of what "high performance" engines of the same era produced (e.g. Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche
(?)), so you should expect a further long troublefree run with the new P & C's.
