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Old Jan 2, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by UnseenMenace
Originally Posted by MattRS1600i
I thought the 1.9 from PE was a US Tallblock cvh.....i didnt think you could bore the 1.6 to 1.9 safely
The system 2 uses a, overbored and stroked CVH.. its amazing that there are not so many about these days considering the numbers they were done in... Perhaps it had something to do with the thinner block compared to the tall block... perhaps a lot of them just went bang like mine did

I believe Vulcan did the machining work for a while but I believe they ceased due to the amount of issues they had with them and no longer will do this.

Personally speaking from experience I would keep well away



They still do them http://www.vulcanengines.com/ Go to the brochure part page 9
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