Oil pressure problem and 3A/JH instal questions.

[ats at longcoeur.com (Patrick Bureau)]

Dan, 

Well if you have excess oil in the head, doesn't that mean that you will be
short on oil in the pan?
And well all know how important oil is with the 3a/jh combo.. Why I stated
oil starvation, sorry I did not explain what I meant further.

I run 28' @ 3000K (and it translates with 14' at ~950 idle btw) because that
is where most of the power is generated on the 3a/jh engine.
I have run 6' tdc on the 3a on a dyno and got 97HP at the wheels, at 14' tdc
you get 102.5  big difference. no?

As for the vacuum, some people do run it with the adaptor kit and vacuum..
And in most cases I guess it is not a big factor, but in Texas where summer
=100-120'f all daytime, it pings. (this is a personal experience again as
stated in previous message, not a contradictory flame)
 
As for the KS, yes it does use 2 switches, and you need to piggy back a
third (wot 8v cis switch) to get it all working properly or you get a flat
line "lean" situation from 4k on. unless you wire all of it together, but I
found it was easier not to)

Yes the torque is indeed flagrantly evident, and waiting until my head comes
back out from the shop with a race setup on it to see how much more I will
gain versus stock (my baseline)

PS: don't waste money on under pulley crank ... Its good for only about
0.5-1.5hp as per my dyno's.

ATS - Patrick Bureau -  85 2L, 102.5 whp, 121 ft/lbs torque
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-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Dan Bubb
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:31 AM
To: Patrick Bureau; 'Randy'; 'scirocco list'
Subject: Re: Oil pressure problem and 3A/JH instal questions.


Since it's only the drain hole that's been modified I doubt you'll have
starvation. You may have
more oil lingering in your head than you'd like so make sure you're valve
guide seals are new.


I strongly disagree with this statement. KS ignition is not manditory with a
3A or ABA and the 10:1
or 10.5:1 CR.
I've run with both stock and KS ignition and saw no difference in power
(measured with a Roaddyno
that admittedly isn't the most accurate) and did not have a knock problem
with the stock ignition.
KS is nice, but not manditory.

http://www.volkswagen.org/EngineSwap/Knock%20Sensor%20Diagram%20II.JPG
shows the basic wiring diagram
Make sure you get the throttle body that goes with the KS ignition. It has
two switches on it that
are necessary for correct operation of the KS. Also, you still need the
current WOT switch on your
existing TB. That works with the CIS and is still required when adding the
KS.

With a stock head the 2.0 conversion is a torque monster, but power isn't
all that great. Add a
ported head and an aggressive cam and you can gain 20-30 HP and still have a
ton of torque.
Dan