smckeown 1 Posted September 4, 2006 (edited) I've been doing some searhcing recently and it seems these items are getting so rare. Is it too expensive to say get someone to manufacture some ? I've seen posts about getting cast pistons made, but never seen anything on cranks, I assume this is because they are a very expensive item. If the 1.6 and 1.9 8v engines would benefit from the same pistons, why hasn't someone had a batch made ?? Sean Edited September 4, 2006 by smckeown Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3Evo 0 Posted September 4, 2006 (edited) Weren't the Mi16 (think that the 9J4 isn't it? ) cranks forged? Think you'd need the biggest group buy in the world to make tooling up for that feasible! To my mind though, getting them cast wouldn't cost that much, but then there's the machining afterwards and I rather fancy that your local machine shop might tell you to piss off if you took them a cast crank blank for grinding!......but that is just a guess! Take it there's nothing else that would conveniently fit without too much hassle like something from the XE engines or something? Sure I've read somewhere that the Mi16 head fits the XE.....who knows, the cranks might swap over too........possibly! Edited September 4, 2006 by M3Evo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pug_ham 244 3 Cars Posted September 5, 2006 I thought I read a post recently that said the diesel cranks also had the double counter balance weights like the Mi16 cranks. Should still be plenty of those around in scrapyard. Or am I worng? Graham. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3Evo 0 Posted September 5, 2006 Didn't PumaRacing say he is/was tooled up to make cranks at some point too? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B1ack_Mi16 67 Posted September 5, 2006 Only cranks I have found to be forged are the XU11D and XU10J4TE cranks. (I'm not sure about XU10J2TE 8v turbo?). The Mi16/9J4 one is cast. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
petert 587 Posted September 6, 2006 QEP has new forged XU9J4 cranks. New forged pistons are easy to come by. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mandic 0 Posted September 6, 2006 Do You happen to know what's the retail on those cranks? Cheers Ziga Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mattsav 1 Posted September 6, 2006 Forged Cranks are not a problem £1000 + Vat Mi16 Forged Rods on the shelf £75 + vat Mi16 Forged Pistons on the shelf - £450 + Vat. Its all comes down to supply & demand. If you want to order 200 cranks and 200 sets of Rods and Pistons then we can do a much better price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
