Project: 16v ABA

[miggs]

Engine is in this car this (has g60 flares and aero front end now tho)


sorry for the cell pics.....

Going in for dyno and tuning at TT tomorrow. I will post numbers then.

[demonmk2]

sweet

[greyjetta]

Looks like a real ABF to
Me Not just a aba/16v

[Turbo-D]

Man real fuel injection, I'm about to shoot the motronic cis in my car.

[miggs]

ya its pretty much an abf clone. i even have the plug wire holder.

[cyclops594]

Specs(cams/head work ect)? Management details? What'd ya do for pistons?

[miggs]

TT ABF clone cams
1.8 head port and polish
Mahle 83mm ABF pistons
Random ABF bits
running OBD1

Going to have it on the dyno for tuning tomorrow.

[miggs]

Got my car on the dyno during my lunch hour. Just waiting to get off work and start the dynoing. I cant wait!!!!

[miggs]

well the final number was 143whp. i was hoping for 150 but im not gonna complain. it is much fast than the 2.slow i had in there before haha. its gonna go back on the dyno soon to try and reach that goal....

im gonna be racing it tomorrow so ill post the 1/4 times when i get back from the races...

[-RalleyTuned-]

143whp is great considering there is not much more than stock there...

[miggs]

My friend has a real abf and made 143.5whp so im pretty please with it. i did however make 5lb more torque then he did. I may get some bigger cams down the road and eventually do up a head.

[-RalleyTuned-]

I have seen a stocker put down 154whp, and that was on megasquirt with a TT Race header and 2.5" exhaust, so you are damn close.

I'm making an abf clone for my mk2 also so i like seeing those numbers

[miggs]

Well that's good to hear . ya a lot of the abf parts like the breather and hoses you can get new from vw of Germany still. we had a guy that is stationed over there ship a few things this way. I found intake, fuel rail, and tb in the classifieds CHEAP. The new stuff is not cheap but if you are going to do it do it right.

[-RalleyTuned-]

ill have a stock 42mm intake for a bit, unless i can source an abf unit cheap. Also ill have megasquirt and 2.25 exhaust with stock exhaust mani/dp. Cams with be stock 9a with a exhaust cam swapped for intake. Going super cheap way so we'll see how she does. If i ended up any where near the 140whp range i would be stoked

[VDub2625]

This is relevant to my interests. Nice.

[miggs]

I drag raced my jetta at the VW Bug Run today in Woodburn Or. My best time was 15.75. I was hoping for a 15.3 or so but it was my first time racing and I have a wide ratio trans.

I went head to head with my friend Randy from TT who has a real ABF in his mk2. I was surprised when i ended up being a tenth second faster then him. I was pretty happy about that

Over the winter I am going to try to build a 9A up for it. I had one in there for awhile when I had the 2.slow and loved it until it blew up. I'd like to do some sort of LSD and a wide 5th since it is my daily driver (when its not in pieces).

Something else I would like to do over the winter is find a 93' passat head and build it. They have the same casting and part number as the ABF head. I would do full port and polish, over-sized valves and bigger cams.

If you have any questions about my engine feel free to ask.

[miggs]

Here is a dyno vid and some pics from the show today....

http://s40.photobucket.com/albums/e2...t=dynorun1.mp4

[lostsurferinbc]

ill have a stock 42mm intake for a bit, unless i can source an abf unit cheap. Also ill have megasquirt and 2.25 exhaust with stock exhaust mani/dp. Cams with be stock 9a with a exhaust cam swapped for intake. Going super cheap way so we'll see how she does. If i ended up any where near the 140whp range i would be stoked

how much of a difference do you think running itbs have on numbers?

[-RalleyTuned-]

on a stock engine, no difference

on a high compression huge cam engine you could make a large increase with tuning. Since with itb's you can change runner length to tune the power band and there is no intake restrictions either

[miggs]

I found some pictures from my engine build and swap.

ABA out




block back from the machine shop


pistons in


2 engines at the same time. ( the front one is a turbo 16v)


ports




head on


cams in


valve cover done


buttoned up


ready to go in

[miggs]

I changed my trans out on Thursday night after work for the closer ratio 9A. I had the ACH trans in which is the widest ratio trans i believe. I was hoping that would get me closer to the 15.2 quarter mile mark that I was trying to reach. I got the trans swapped in 3 hours, which is my personal best not using air tools, and went to change the fluid and what do you know, i take the drain plug out and there is was appears to be the head of a rivet sitting on top of the drain plug. I guess I wont be doing any racing with this trans. the good news is i found a 9A for $50 that will be gone thru and getting a bolt kit and tall 5th.

[miggs]

I took a little road trip this weekend and decided it was time to find out what the MPG would be. I was thinking it would get around 26-27 MPG. I was very surprised when i got back and filled up again that it was getting 31 MPG. the trip was only 150 miles and mostly highway but I was still very please.

I was wondering what it would get if I still had the tall 5th gear in there. Any thoughts(guesses)?

[miggs]

Well I hit the 1000 mile mark on my engine today. No engine problems what so ever which I am very pleased about!!

I found some more pictures from the Bug Run that i raced at...






That black gti has an 8V and a LSD and ran 15.2 in the 1/4 mile. I was pretty surprised.

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I have been working on some wheels for my car. here they are...




8 and 8.5" bbs rms.

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wheels done and car cleaned up for the show tomorrow

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[lukas69]

wow that looks great! nice work man

[miggs]

Thanks

[GTIYR87]

how did i miss this car...show and shine? Looks good

[miggs]

nah, i was parked in the show section right next to the purple mk2 jetta. i wasnt planning on showing so my car wasnt very clean haha.

[miggs]

A picture from a local show this weekend.

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and a picture of all my techtonics receipts from the last couple of years..

[kinkerstinker]

this is an awesome thread! i have been kicking around the idea of an abf clone for about a year now. i'd be so pumped to make 145 hp.

[miggs]

I am very pleased with the power.. of course, I still want more lol

[Road Boss]

Clean car!