So here I am, all jacked up from the surgery on my sinus cavities the other day---bored to death--need badly to make some progress on my teener---
So I take less pain meds to have a clear head and go out to my derelict teener with the engine full of water ( years!) I decide that in two hours I could have the engine and tranny out and call it a day.
I get the Motor out, and to make things light for the 75 yrd dash to my shop, I disassemble most of the engine----
I pop the covers---- -- ---- Wow---BRAND NEW heads---not rebuilt,,,,brand new vw castings--and whats this.... .BRAND NEW rockers, shafts, and adjusters!!!!
Now I am thinking ...just how many miles are on this motor
I look down into the barrels---got some crud built up on them--but not sitting in standing water----huh, case says 1.8>> but these are 94's, and the pistons look awesome!!!
So now I am thinking to myself, " self, it just doesn't get any better than this!"
So I get my mag light and peer down into the bores--- waht tha????
I have a stroked, forged,balanced, counter weighted crank in it!!!!
You can clearly see the forging part line from the middle of the balance web all the way down into the machined area for the throws...
So I take a closer look at the pistons---hmmm--the pin boss is touching the oil control rings---those don't look like standard pistons like I see in the pictures--hmmmmmmm
The really good thing is that even tho it was full of water--the oil and water mixed into a splooge---coated most everything down with a terriffic rust preventative--all the metal looks as if new!!!
In fact the more I tear this engine down, the more I realize it has less than a thousand miles on it--easily
All the studs, bolts, nuts, you name it--is new
I do know for a fact that this engine has been sitting like this for over 4 yrs, I bought it from a co-worker that just never got around to doing anything with it, and he got it in the same condition.
So now tell me, I thought that counter-weighted, forged cranks for these engines were just never available, but I clearly have one--Who knows of a company that actually produced these??????
AND TO THINK " I WAS JUST GOING TO THROW IT OUT !!!!"