What exactly do you already have? Do you already have a running motor your upgrading or are you building a completely different engine? Then maybe we can give you a few different opinions to better help if we knew a little more. Chad

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NOW GAS IT!!!!!

You will gain more power from the bigger bore than going to a 76 stroke crank with those tiny pistons. A 1915 is the best combo dollar for dollar.

Right now i have a 1641. it was built 4 or 5 years ago, It is a full flowed with 110 cam, 69 counterweighted crank, stock rods, stock heads. The pistons are shot. running a idf 40. My dad has a fresh 1915. and im not impressed. Im trying to look long term, My budget is always $0 lol so i can save close to 200 when building and 100 bucks when it comes time to rebuild. In theory a stroker should be real snappy, and thats exactly what i am looking for. i like to run my rail at about 2000 and snap to 4000 when i need it. And nobody i have seen has a stroker with stock pistons. Is there a worry that it wont be reliable?

Are you wonting to us the the piston? And are they cast or forged ? I would not us if they are cast . You can use up to a 78 crank and "A" pistons and shim the barreles. This is alot of work for a 1855! I would use 94mm piston.It will be about $300 more for parts and machine work . OR rebuild the 1641 cut the heads .100 for compression & port and make your 1641 RUN. OR Save your $$$$$ and go talk to some one like Drews and build a eng.

I would take your current 1641 apart and bore it for 94mm pistons,freshen everything up,set the compression at 9.0:1 with a nice tight deck and let it rip. I promise you it will make an ass out of the baby bore stroker you are thinkin about.

I was really lookin at keepin the 1641 together as far as the bottom end goes, its my first time building a motor and dont wanna screw up my best crank lol.

at 9.0:1 i can still run pump gas correct?

Does anyone on here trust LA Products machine work? i would like to have jim do it but he is a very far distance from me.

Dont have LA products do ANY work for you . Buy parts there sure, But besides that I wouldnt have them install a spark plug for me.

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If you want, you could drop the block off at my dads in Canton, He can bring it to me next thursday when we meet at my gmas for thanksgiving, And ill drop it off at jims when I go to buy some parts,

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An theres nothin wrong with 1915's!!!! look at how mine runs bud!

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Why dont you trust LA products????? There is not very many VW machine shops around

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If its on the internet its got to be true they can't put any lie's on the internet

Just go to Passat's house and take a ride to pull a part then find a cobalt and pull a echotech engine for $200.00. Wiring harness and ecu $100.00 and an adaptor plate and flywheel and a few bolts some wire ties a little electrical tape then you can have a running motor for a little more than the machine work.

I know damn WC guys charming in. Just would like to see this thing built, enough philosophizing lets build something or save some Obama money and then build something.

I will just shut up now.

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Hope I didn't offend anyone here, I was joking.

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Water Cooled Consortium, Chairman of the Build (Former AC purist)

Not getting into The LA products discussion. My opinion. Go to Jims.

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