Got the engine for the Golf :-)

Not bad, good luck with the swap.

Oh, and this weekend, I've been mainly swearing at RX-7s...

So did the irish lads let you down with collection then? Thought they were carrying it back after the gig?

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Nope, they let me down, so I went and got it myself.

I dunno much about these things - what's the difference?

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Stronger bottom end, and supposedly much easier to run megasquirt.

That's about all I know so far, should know more once the thing is built up and ready to go..

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Fairly sure if you're using the AGG block you'll need to get a distributor from a 2E.

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That'll be interesting. I've only got the original PB dizzy.

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I think they'll have a different gear on them. It may be possible to get the gear from the AGG distributor onto the PB one.

Oh right! Better for tuning then. What sort of power can you eke out of them engines then?

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I've heard rumours of 150 bhp with 150lb ft but with a very flat torque curve and not a huge amount of work. Cam, well sorted head, decent exhaust and a few other bits and bobs.

Seems strange that they went to the bother of making the G60 if that's the case though. US spec Mk2 GTIs were 2.0 anyway.

I'm hoping for maybe 120 bhp but more torque initially. I'm going to do some mild tidying up of the head and a bit of work on the bottom end, nothing special but while I've got the race workshop [1] to myself it'd be rude not to really.

Sounds useful.

Lucky! D'you, err, want some free labour?!

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I did that bit the easy way, made an adapter so the PB dizzy fits in the AGG hole. The gear isn't an issue as it /should/ all line up and work fine. The Dizzy mounting hole in the AGG is quite big, but the PB dizzy should work with the AGG drive so I've basically made a sleeve to bridge the gap and use the PB dizzy - I know the PB dizzy talks to the PB management and it's more simple to use as many original bits as possible. The AGG knock sensor should talk to the PB brain without any issues and as long as I time everything up ok it should work.

As for the AGG, the compression was fine before I took the head off to have a look inside. Bores seem to be pretty mint considering the mileage, crank is spot on, and there were no signs that anyone had had the engine apart in the past. Head gasket was fine, and the cylinder head looks a-ok - useful to know even though I'm using the PB head.