Diesel crank in a 16v???

[jdbubb at verizon.net (Dan Bubb)]

2.2?
Diesel crank is 95.5. Right?
So, how big is the bore going to be?


>From: "Lance LaPrarie" <sciroccojunky@gmail.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 5:00 PM
>
>I am currently having a 2.2 litre motor built. It uses a diesel crank and
>new JE pistons and connecting rods. It requires a 2 litre block to work.
>Don't think someone put a diesel crank in your motor.
>
>On the starter issue. My car was slighly out of time due to a generous
>mechanic trying to boost power by retrding the timing. It was hard to crank
>over after that. Once the timing was adjusted correctly it fired and cranked
>easy.
>
>My two cents.
>



On 1/31/06, Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> A 2.0L 16V has a very noticeable increase in mid range torque over a 1.8L.
> If you had one of each there would never be any doubt which one you were
> driving. So, it's probably not a 2.1L if it feels about the same as a 1.8L
> .
> ETKA indicates the crank bearing shells are the same between gas and
> diesel engines, so the crank will drop into the block. Course that doesn't
> mean the connecting rod won't hit the side of the block!
> Just to keep stirring the pot on this, you cannot simply swap longer
> stroke cranks into an engine without also changing either the rods or
> pistons, and it's almost always the piston. Aftermarket pistons are designed
> to a specific CR that takes into account the difference in displacement. So,
> basically, even if the engine had a diesel crank, the CR isn't necessarily
> any higher than stock.
> Sorry, I can't help on the starter motor issue.
> Dan
>
> From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 2:23 PM
>
> > On 9:07:14 am 01/31/06 "Calimus" <calimus@techography.net> wrote:
> >> Is there a chance that someone would and could put a diesel crank in
> >> a 16v (1.8 flavor)?  If so, the block would have to be line-bored
> >> correct?  An rather then the crank bearing being .20 they might need
> >> to be about .25?
> >> I'm asking because the rocco the wife picked up had a diesel starter
> >> in it that died over the course of the day.  No biggie, I replaced it
> >> with a standard sarter that I had layin around.  However, it seems
> >> the the starter (which was in perfect working order when I removed it
> >> from a car) seems to have trouble turning the engine the first few
> >> revolutions.  It doesn't seem like a power (electricity) issue as the
> >> cables to ground and to the starter are about 4 guage.  Not as beefy
> >> as I normally go, but pretty damn close. The battery is only 4 months
> >> old and has more then enough CCA's.
> >> So I wondered that if maybe someone tossed a diesel crank in the car
> >> at some point, which boosted the compression (i'm guessing around
> >> 11.0:1) so they added the diesel starter to help compensate.?
> >>
> >> Is this possible?  An if so, why might they have done it.  The cars
> >> power feels pretty good, but it's nothing major over my worn out 16v
> >> rocco with bad motor mounts, cracked exhaust and 300k miles.
> >>
> >> Anyway, just curious if I could be onto something or if I'm smoking
> >> crack.
> >> William S.
> >>
> > I dunno about the crank, but often wiring can make it seem slow the
> first
> > few times over, sometiumes the smaller wires to the starter or coil get
> > jarred loose and behave like that, and check the security of that tranny
> > ground too. And maybe I'm on crack too..
> > Cathy
> >
> >
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