DIY: Rod install, bottom end rebuild

[onemoremile]

Quoting a great post from the B6 forum.

While this 1.8T is not out of a B6, it's worth posting here...

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPYIUylUW9I&hd=1
-covers overview, and parts.


Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEHoOJ_tCVI&hd=1
-covers piston disassembly, reassembly, and block head prep


Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLeWALY28Xg&hd=1
-covers cylinder deglazing, and ring gapping


Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzjomB-nHAE&hd=1
-covers setting the rings, assembly, clearance testing with plastigaging


Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSRdQdUaqJM&hd=1
-covers clearance testing with plastigaging (cont.), head installation, timing belt installation, and finalizing

[as4driver]

I hear Howard Stern in the backround.

Great vids!!!

[seanriv]

Watching these vids really makes me believe that I can do this. Great job.

[SnowBum124]

Great job lots a good info and tips. i enjoyed watching them

[sean1.8t]

wow! can't believe i've missed these vids til now. i heard of them, but never saw them posted.

very cool though! makes the average wrench tuner think he can build a motor. which can be a bad thing IMO. this is not a task to take lightly. it's pretty strait forward but you must be meticulous in EVERYTHING you do.

he didn't go into rod and piston balancing though. which would have been nice. especially after seeing some weight specs on stock pistons.

hey Jim, question since you built your motor, how do you like the vids? did you do anything different or would you add anything?

[slopoke]

WOW, just learned a shit load of info...

[dougyfresh]

very cool though! makes the average wrench tuner think he can build a motor. which can be a bad thing IMO. this is not a task to take lightly. it's pretty strait forward but you must be meticulous in EVERYTHING you do.

I agree. Esp when building a motor like these the end user is really looking to make some serious power and beat the snot out of the vehicle. The littlest slip in tolerances can destroy everything.

[pete@integrated]

My favorite part of these videos is my rods :)

[pipe7284]

this should become a sticky!!!!!!!!!!!

[imports]

wow!

[pja0750]

really good info!

[luvin_the_rings]

defiantly make this a sticky!!!

either that or put the links in the bottom of the "official displacement increasing thread"

[TheWrightAudi.]

Inspiring!

[B5A4Kevin]

x2 on the sticky. watched all these this weekend. very detailed, but i would have liked it more if it got into balancing the reciprocating components.

[A62TURBO]

Just watched all the videos, great job!

[JumboBlack1.8]

Heres another good video series on the engine build process. The motor is a small block V8, but there is a LOT of very useful information and tips for any first-time engine builder:

http://www.v8.comze.com/

Start with the "Machining" video