Well, hi again to all! First "proper" posting around here after the welcome thread.
I'm planning and budgeting a stroker project here which would be done on a 2nd engine to keep my car drivable while the nonsense is coming together. I've gathered a bit of information from here but because of the amount of noise around in forums in general I'd like to ask couple of things just to be sure. Of course tips and tricks and outright advise is always welcome, although I naturally reserve all rights to follow them or not...
First the actual engine. My car has the APY coded engine and I've come to a conclusion that all the 06A blocks are interchangeable to a degree at least. Also the big port head would be a thing to have when changing the bottom end geometry and moving to a big turbo. I've ran into a couple of non-split AGUs and wonder if the block is just the same as any of the S3 blocks would be? This would be ideal since AGUs would already have the big port heads on them. Or would you rather search for something else? Aim is the 2008cc configuration.
Also I'd like to hear about possible proven underslung manifold options that would be EFR twin scroll compatible. I've noticed that Tuffty for example uses custom tubular manifold although not with twin scroll EFR and I like that configuration since it looks stock from outside. Or hell, maybe I'll do my thesis of designing a one! But first are there any market options around? I wouldn't mind top mount too much otherwise but I'd like to keep the engine bay looking at least stock-ish to avoid any extra attention from people who would otherwise be professionally interested in why the turbo has flipped around in the engine bay...
Cheers!
I'm planning and budgeting a stroker project here which would be done on a 2nd engine to keep my car drivable while the nonsense is coming together. I've gathered a bit of information from here but because of the amount of noise around in forums in general I'd like to ask couple of things just to be sure. Of course tips and tricks and outright advise is always welcome, although I naturally reserve all rights to follow them or not...
First the actual engine. My car has the APY coded engine and I've come to a conclusion that all the 06A blocks are interchangeable to a degree at least. Also the big port head would be a thing to have when changing the bottom end geometry and moving to a big turbo. I've ran into a couple of non-split AGUs and wonder if the block is just the same as any of the S3 blocks would be? This would be ideal since AGUs would already have the big port heads on them. Or would you rather search for something else? Aim is the 2008cc configuration.
Also I'd like to hear about possible proven underslung manifold options that would be EFR twin scroll compatible. I've noticed that Tuffty for example uses custom tubular manifold although not with twin scroll EFR and I like that configuration since it looks stock from outside. Or hell, maybe I'll do my thesis of designing a one! But first are there any market options around? I wouldn't mind top mount too much otherwise but I'd like to keep the engine bay looking at least stock-ish to avoid any extra attention from people who would otherwise be professionally interested in why the turbo has flipped around in the engine bay...
Cheers!
