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Yet another Turbo engine build thread!

I'll be polite here, as it's a public website. So post proof of my posts on "multiple forums", or refrain from mentioning me in your long winded posts.
 
Boys - play nice and leave it there please. If anyone has experience of Wössner pistons and failed coatings it‘s me, but I still ran uncoated Wössners in my old 2.5 sleeved engine And run a set of the same Baz Hart old-school coated Wössners in my current 3.0 sleeved engine.

My original build that caused all the Wössner issues and the consumer rights act letters I’ve supplied to over half a dozen others affected in the UK were due to their piston coatings failing in properly prepared Alusil honed blocks.
 
Eldavo said:
Boys - play nice and leave it there please. If anyone has experience of Wössner pistons and failed coatings it‘s me, but I still ran uncoated Wössners in my old 2.5 sleeved engine And run a set of the same Baz Hart old-school coated Wössners in my current 3.0 sleeved engine.

My original build that caused all the Wössner issues and the consumer rights act letters I’ve supplied to over half a dozen others affected in the UK were due to their piston coatings failing in properly prepared Alusil honed blocks.
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I have the 3rd set of Baz Hart Wossners, and although Baz ordered them back in the day when their coating still worked in Alusil, I would only run them in iron liners today. I just had another look at them, and they are really nice pistons.
 
As I've already said, my iron liners with uncoated JE pistons are 15k in and going strong. Was way cheaper as well. £4k included the pistons, engine work and many new parts where needed/advised. Head and block. Re-used parts cleaned and inspected. AMAC engineering in Northallerton, as recommended by Eldavo. Done plenty 944 engines.
 
I won't divulge what I have spent on parts. Suffice to say I could build a 3.0 engine for a lot less than has been mentioned.
 
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My original engine appears to be in rude health. A friends mapped RS3 couldn't get past, no need to JFDI yet.
 
blade7 said:
I won't divulge what I have spent on parts. Suffice to say I could build a 3.0 engine for a lot less than has been mentioned.
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Still sounds like a huge waste of money when the engine in the car doesn't even need a rebuild.
 
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