Compression ratio
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Jako101

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2 posts

87 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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Hi guys i would like to know what compresion ratio must be run to boost a turbo charged engine at 2.5bar to 3.0 bar and its on a audi 20valve engine

Happy Jim

1,070 posts

263 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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Why?

witko999

708 posts

232 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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How long is a piece of string?

anonymous-user

78 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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Firstly, assuming you mean 3.0bar gauge, i'd not start with an audi 20v engine......


(the 5v head is really poor for charge motion, and the extra valve curtain area is pointless at high boost)

Boosted LS1

21,200 posts

284 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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40 psi, how far has it got to go before you start pushing it?

poppopbangbang

2,493 posts

165 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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We ran between 8.8:1 and 9.7:1 at up to 3700mbar plenum pressure. Whilst these weren't exactly VAG 20Vs as they had specific block and head castings they shared a lot of internal geometry and the 5V combustion chamber.

99hjhm

431 posts

210 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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Jako101 said:
Hi guys i would like to know what compresion ratio must be run to boost a turbo charged engine at 2.5bar to 3.0 bar and its on a audi 20valve engine
As much as you want, it won't last 5 minutes, well maybe 5 seconds.

jontysafe

2,370 posts

202 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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poppopbangbang said:
We ran between 8.8:1 and 9.7:1 at up to 3700mbar plenum pressure. Whilst these weren't exactly VAG 20Vs as they had specific block and head castings they shared a lot of internal geometry and the 5V combustion chamber.
on what ron fuel?

poppopbangbang

2,493 posts

165 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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jontysafe said:
on what ron fuel?
Various manufacturers but all minimum 110 RON and 4.5% Oxygenated.

stevieturbo

17,969 posts

271 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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Jako101 said:
Hi guys i would like to know what compresion ratio must be run to boost a turbo charged engine at 2.5bar to 3.0 bar and its on a audi 20valve engine
150:1

Stan Weiss

260 posts

172 months

Friday 4th January 2019
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stevieturbo said:
150:1
I like it. What is that around 4.5 cc's combustion chamber volume? The EVC is BTDC and the intake valve opens @ TDC and chases the piston down the cylinder. smile

Stan

227bhp

10,203 posts

152 months

Saturday 5th January 2019
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8:1

jontysafe

2,370 posts

202 months

Saturday 5th January 2019
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I'm running circa 9:1 on a rallycross spec Cosworth YB at 1.9bar. Fuel yet to be decided but unlikely to be pump

Mignon

1,018 posts

113 months

Saturday 5th January 2019
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227bhp said:
8:1
Sounds reasonable on pump fuel.

Mignon

1,018 posts

113 months

Saturday 5th January 2019
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Max_Torque said:
Firstly, assuming you mean 3.0bar gauge, i'd not start with an audi 20v engine......


(the 5v head is really poor for charge motion, and the extra valve curtain area is pointless at high boost)
The main problem with that engine is the lifter bucket diameter which from memory is only 24 mm and that restricts the cam acceleration to the point you can't get much lift or valve/time area in a given cam duration. This removes the advantage of the extra inlet flow from the 3 valves to the point it has no more power producing ability than a normal 4 valve engine but with plenty of extra complexity. I did do a ported head, big valve engine for a customer once and it went well enough but just not worth the time and effort for the potential results. A normal 4v engine would have 32-35 mm lifters and although inlet flow is a bit down on the 5v you can get much bigger cams in there.

stevieturbo

17,969 posts

271 months

Saturday 5th January 2019
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As with pretty much every damn thread here of late....seriously lacking in useful information and with a vague question.


As for 20v, that still gives no real information as to which engine that is, because there are 4 cylinder and 5 cylinders engines with 20 valves that have been used in Audis.

So no info on actual boost ( gauge or absolute ), usage, the engine, fuel, ability to tune, hopes, dreams, whatever etc etc




anonymous-user

78 months

Saturday 5th January 2019
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Mignon said:
The main problem with that engine is the lifter bucket diameter which from memory is only 24 mm and that restricts the cam acceleration to the point you can't get much lift or valve/time area in a given cam duration. This removes the advantage of the extra inlet flow from the 3 valves to the point it has no more power producing ability than a normal 4 valve engine but with plenty of extra complexity. I did do a ported head, big valve engine for a customer once and it went well enough but just not worth the time and effort for the potential results. A normal 4v engine would have 32-35 mm lifters and although inlet flow is a bit down on the 5v you can get much bigger cams in there.
Exactly, VAG were really grateful when Direct Injection became a thing, because that mean't they could quietly drop there stupid 5v heads without a loss of face! (because you can't, practically, get 5 valves, and injector and a spark plug to all fit!

(Also the small bore on the 5v engines means it's pretty pony at the best of times for an N/A application.....)


For a high boost turbo, the issue is the lack of squish, and no land area to control the end gas dynamic compression, this means it's det city, and that means running low static CR's. Ok, for a drag engine, perhaps who cares (max boost, max RON, retard spark, cross fingers for the 9 sec it takes to get to the finish line) but for a race (or worse, street engine) it really makes for a terrible engine.......

Steve_D

13,801 posts

282 months

Sunday 6th January 2019
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Are Koolkuts1 and Jako101 related?

Steve

stevieturbo

17,969 posts

271 months

Sunday 6th January 2019
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Steve_D said:
Are Koolkuts1 and Jako101 related?

Steve
This one hasnt been deleted yet, so probably not.

It's strange that when people dont get the answers they want to hear, they throw their toys out of the pram.

Jako101

Original Poster:

2 posts

87 months

Sunday 6th January 2019
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Def not related and the engine im talking bout is the 1.8t audi 20v agu engine.
What id like to know is:
Is the engine worth building get get high hp and can the engine handle high boost cuz im running it now with 1.5bar boost and doing around 320hp with stock internals id like to know what compression ratio i can run and if it would be worth my wile to open it up and what tipe of hp can i expect