1) When your crank get's balanced with the flywheel also include your clutch pressure plate with that assembly.Try looking into the crank balancer too ,either get a new oem unit or try to balance the old one with the flywheel/Crank/Pressure plate assembly. 2) Using the Defcon aluminium putty has be...

Really great news man!! Are you sure you want to coat the cylinders?? Its probably overkill no? How much will it cost you? i don't coate the cilinders, just the combustion chamber of the cilinderhead. my pistons are already coated (costs 100 euro's) and the heat of the combustion will find the way ...

it is a long long long time ago that i have posted something, that's a good sign :D because it tells that i have been busy in the mean while. till so far the parts i have gathered: - coated pistons (side dry lubricant, top ceramic) - balanced rods - balanced crank (next week) - fidanza flywheel (bal...

"] and the D14 engine has to deal with a lot less stress compared to a D15/1 engine Sorry but that is totally wrong ,in fact it's the complete opposite of what your're saying ;) D14 has way less stress on it's rods compared to D15 and D16's because a D14 has a high Rod to stroke ratio (R/S rat...

nono u can reach great hp gains with stock pistons, i have coated the original pistons (with stock uncoated pistons and a bad bottom end i have reached 122 bhp and 148 Nm of torque) i ordered ARP rod bolts to give a bit more strength to the connection of the caps and the rods if u want to tune a D14...

little change in plans..... i do not get my rods shotpeened, because after doing some research, calling some company's etc... the conclusion was: - first reason: it is not worth doing (stock rods are strong enough), for my purposes. - second reason: the price was a little high. was between 150/200 e...

good point indeed i have thought about that to but there is a limit and it was not necessary to coat the combustion chamber. if i was runnin' nitro methanol then this was a must but with my build it was not necessary. next stop: shot peening the rods, i know it is not necessary too but my goal is to...

haha i live near the Belgium border near arendonk reusel etc. iff you like you can go with me to emile's workshop for any tips or advise iff you'd like to. i can read that you know a lot of these engines and i'm just a beginner :P but Emile and the coater told me that the coating on top wil produce ...

okay i get it

but the best option is to send your own cam for a regrind or didn't i get this right?

how do you mean provide? i just ripped the pistons out of the engine and brought them all oily and even with piston rings :P the coating guy degreased them and get the old piston rings of. the only thing he did is blasted the pistons and coated them right after because otherwise the aluminum will ox...