Battled with a Boxter last night Options

[ChrisReale]

held the curves, but he got me once the road got straight. I couldnt help but say to myself "If I had a 3.2/6, I would have shit all over him" Oh well (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[Jake Raby]

Well, don't be mad at me, let me help you instead!

Yes, TG Marsden is the guys name and that happened a few months back. Since I have repaired the engine, got him another 20HP and its ready to be reinstalled.

I found the issue with the JE piston. Those pistons were generic JEs bought at European Motorworks and did not have reinforced pin bosses, nor did they have lighter pins. I have used dozens of sets but never had another fail. I had one set inmy 2316 and it revved crisply to 8,300 RPM all the time... That engine had a 1,000 F/PS faster piston speed and it still never happened!

I stopped using those JEs back in 2002 and since have designed our own pistons for JE to make and they feature better forgings, better -lighter pins and double snap rings. This was an isolated incident for both of us I'm sure and 'll bet your pistons have a "97M" forging number inside their crowns.

The part that failed on your engine was an aftermarket part, not a VW part. It was not the Type IV engines fault that someone ordered a generic part(even I did it but never knew it).......It was a part failure, and that also happens in Formula 1 and NASCAR with engines that cost 100 times more than a simple old 4 cylinder.

The same thing happens to 911 engines with JE pistons in some instances.


BTW, 914RS not all Type IVs have to have pushrods....

I could be like everyone else and go to some other kind of engine to make my power thats easier and doesn't involve squabbling all the time. The easy way out isn't for me and at the end of the day it feels good to know that I did more with less.