Re: [T3] Speaking of 2.0L Motors.....

[John Jaranson <jaransonT3@comcast.net>]

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On Jan 5, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Jim Adney wrote:

> On 4 Jan 2005 at 23:13, John Jaranson wrote:
>
> > I don't know about the extra 0.8mm either.  SCAT seems to be the only
> > crank manufacturer that does that.
>
> I was thinking of it as 0.2 mm UNDER 79mm, rather than 0.8 mm over 
> 78mm. I
> thought 79 was the "standard" since the stock stroke is 69 mm and the 
> stroker
> cranks seemed to go up in 5 mm steps, although there's really no 
> reason why
> this has to be this way. Is 78 mm also a "standard?" As you can 
> imagine, I
> don't follow this darkside stuff much.

78mm seems to one of the standards.

> I doubt if SCAT is a manufacturer of anything. I suspect they are just 
> a brand
> name that markets much of the same stuff that everyone else sells.

Actually they do manufacture their own cranks for VWs along with cranks 
for other brands like Ford, Nissan, and Toyota.  I am sure most of the 
rest of the stuff is the same aftermarket stuff that all of the big 
parts houses sell, but the cranks are their own.

Check out the SCAT story here:

http://www.scatenterprises.com/vwhome.html

>
Later,
John Jaranson
'66 Square (Sophy)
'71 Fasty (Jane - darkside project in waiting)
various parts.....don't we all.
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