4.0 L speed 6 engine materials

4.0 L speed 6 engine materials

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Barile91

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6 posts

109 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Hi,
i'm an automotive engineering student and i need to find the materials of the connecting rod , piston pin, piston , crankshaft of the original MCD 6speed 4.0L engine . The shaft material should be EN 40B.What about the other components?
thanks to all

mk1fan

10,516 posts

225 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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I'm sure Dom at Powers Performance would gladly speak to an engineering student.

snowy

541 posts

281 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Barile91

Original Poster:

6 posts

109 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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mk1fan said:
I'm sure Dom at Powers Performance would gladly speak to an engineering student.
thank you, i'm trying to contact him
snowy said:
thank you snowy, i know this site but i don't find information about the original materials

coco79

390 posts

174 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Speak to Dave at RND I'm sure he will know the answers.

Milky400

1,960 posts

178 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Why have you chosen such a low volume engine to study? Doesn't really make sense to me...

Walford

2,259 posts

166 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Lots of different materials as you would expect in any engine
but I know the buttons were used to shim the valve clearances, and the chocolate fingers, are still available
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TOV!E

2,016 posts

234 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Milky400 said:
Why have you chosen such a low volume engine to study? Doesn't really make sense to me...
Maybe he wants to know why so many failed biggrinbiggrin


Edited by TOV!E on Wednesday 11th March 18:27

m4tti

5,427 posts

155 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Milky400 said:
Why have you chosen such a low volume engine to study? Doesn't really make sense to me...
Yeah and I think if I was in Italy like the op one of the Lamborghini v12's of the 70's/80's would be far more interesting.

mk1fan

10,516 posts

225 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Or already subject to study by the majority of the students on the course wink

Barile91

Original Poster:

6 posts

109 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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I have to improve an existing engine. I chose this because I found some dimensioned drawing in the network. please reply if you can be help me. thanks

m4tti

5,427 posts

155 months

Wednesday 11th March 2015
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Barile91 said:
I have to improve an existing engine. I chose this because I found some dimensioned drawing in the network. please reply if you can be help me. thanks
For all intents and purposes the MCD speed six doesn't exist....

Barile91

Original Poster:

6 posts

109 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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m4tti said:
For all intents and purposes the MCD speed six doesn't exist....
sorry, i meant an existed engine.
it's just a project for us to learn how to make the structural analysis of the components. I do not have to produce a new engine.
...and i know that Lambo's v12 is probably better then speed6 biglaugh

steve320ise

159 posts

143 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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You will get no help on here my lad with statements like that , a bloody Fiat http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/11.gif

steve320ise

159 posts

143 months

Thursday 12th March 2015
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whoops too busy trying to get one them thingis above on here, to correct my self VAG group lol

Barile91

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6 posts

109 months

Saturday 14th March 2015
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steve320ise said:
You will get no help on here my lad with statements like that , a bloody Fiat http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/imgs/11.gif
that was only a joke beer

DirkMN

12 posts

179 months

Monday 6th April 2015
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Hi,
I am not sure about the crankshaft being EN40B. Maybe that´s with aftermarket shafts.
There is a SAE whitepaper from 2001 about TVR using ADI steel for the S6 crankshaft. It would have had some logic keeping that direction since ADI would provide a good compromise for low volume production engines (tech parameters vs. cost against forged steel).
Last year I had a 2001 engine opened and at least I can say that the crankshaft was not a machined EN40B type.
Good luck with your studies!

Walford

2,259 posts

166 months

Monday 6th April 2015
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I just knew this would come up again over Easter

twinreal

300 posts

155 months

Tuesday 7th April 2015
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EDIT....
It's not worth worrying about.

Edited by twinreal on Tuesday 7th April 09:49

Barile91

Original Poster:

6 posts

109 months

Tuesday 7th April 2015
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DirkMN said:
Hi,
I am not sure about the crankshaft being EN40B. Maybe that´s with aftermarket shafts.
There is a SAE whitepaper from 2001 about TVR using ADI steel for the S6 crankshaft. It would have had some logic keeping that direction since ADI would provide a good compromise for low volume production engines (tech parameters vs. cost against forged steel).
Last year I had a 2001 engine opened and at least I can say that the crankshaft was not a machined EN40B type.
Good luck with your studies!
Thank you dirk. It's a EN40C cranckshaft. Now i'm sure winkbiglaugh