Upgrade to 1776 or deal with it?

[K@rlos]

K@rlos,
Have you bought the B&Ps already? I have been advised that the AA 90.5 strokers are or more consistant quality than the Mahle ones at the moment.

What characteristics are you looking for ? Torque/topend power ?

Johnboy

No not yet, B&P's and heads are the only things left to get. I didn't know that about the quality :shock: Although AA's are looking more likely due to the supply issues of Mahle and now I know of the quality issues too its AA's are proberly the way to go. Power wises, Hector the chap building it says 150+hp would be easy to make providing the heads are well worked, as for a power band the goal is tons of bottom end and mid range grunt, after all my bus is a heavy Westy. He has assured me it will smoke tyres and make me gin from ear to ear

I trust him because his 64 beetle has does 11's and massive wheelies :mrgreen:

 

[jonboylaw]

"his 64 beetle has does 11's and massive wheelies"
Not sure I would want that in a van though, kids would feel sick after a while, he must rev the arse off it....

Make sure you ask him what the torque curve will look like, you want something nice and flat from 1000rpm upto 5000rpm to keep the misses happy and make it a pleasure to drive, unless you are taking it up the strip then you only need the Revs !!!

Please report back when the motor is done

 

[K@rlos]

:lol: that would be a bit extreme in a bus, just put that to imply he knows his stuff. My missus says any big engine in a camper is ridiculous but tbh I don't really care what she thinks about it :lol: I told him that's what I wanted and he has drawn up a list of the necessary parts for the build.

I stoked :mrgreen:

 

[Shorty]

What CR are those who already have (or are building) a 1776 running at?

The engle 110 cam i have suggests between 8.0:1 and 8.5:1

 

[dubdubz]

my 1745 so as good as - is set at around 8.5 - have the calculated value noted down in a secret location that I cannot find :lol:

doesn't run too hot - I'm running out of tune so I need to probably get on to that - once done I only expect issues with long duration at high'ish revs - which I should really avoid - 80mph on a motorway is about 4k revs - it starts to get warm after 20-30 mins of that...much nicer to cruise at 65-70 and not have to be glued to the oil temp gauge...

 

[maddog]

Good luck with the engine and i disagree with your missus

Will bring smiles and if you try on strip......you'll love it 8)

 

[K@rlos]

Good luck with the engine and i disagree with your missus

Will bring smiles and if you try on strip......you'll love it 8)

Cheers man I'm gonna take it down the strip once or twice just to see what its made of, any other racing will be the occasional traffic light drag with a Chav :mrgreen: :lol:

 

[Tristan71]

Any suggestions on heads for a 2332 cc I've built up the bottom end so the top is next

 

[K@rlos]

Any suggestions on heads for a 2332 cc I've built up the bottom end so the top is next

Street Eliminators with Berg 51 IDA's :mrgreen:

 

[Slammed]

What CR are those who already have (or are building) a 1776 running at?

The engle 110 cam i have suggests between 8.0:1 and 8.5:1

My 1776 runs 9:1 compression with an Engle 110.