RE: Engine Swaps

[Greg Baxter <gbaxter@istar.ca>]

Hi James -

Almost exactly a year ago, I swapped the engine in my 82 Scirocco, (A 
Series II, but pretty much the same 'guts' as yours - you do have fuel 
injection, right? If not, disregard this entire message... I know nothing 
about carbs...) and what I went with was the 1.8l JH engine out of an 88 
Cabriolet. It's got the Hydraulic head, but is still the low compression 
engine... This was a straight forward, as easy as it gets kind of swap. The 
only small troubles that I ran into was the wiring harness for my Hall 
sender needed to be swapped with one out of a later year, and I upgraded to 
the Cabriolet's flywheel. Prior to this swap, the most mechanically 
advanced thing that I had tried was swapping a cam in my Jetta. (Also 1.8 
8v)

I have considered shaving the head and installing a knock sensor, but 
haven't gotten around to it yet. I'm pretty much one of the 'ninnies' on 
the list, who comes running to the gurus here on a regular basis to bail me 
out when I'm in over my head. If you haven't figured out who they are yet, 
you will soon!

As a bonus to me, I just figured out that the engine that I installed came 
with the oil pressure sending unit that the dealer wants $42 for. So now I 
have an oil temp gauge for $5!!! (Wiring and light extra, but not much 
extra...)

Merry Merry!


Greg
82 1.8 8v Scirocco
91 1.8 8v Jetta

-----Original Message-----
From:	SWIM2000 [SMTP:SWIM2000@aol.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, December 23, 1997 3:03 PM
To:	scirocco-l@private.com
Subject:	Engine Swaps

Seasons Greetings All...

For those of you who have swapped engines in a Series I Scirocco...or 
simply
have any insight:   Any advice on what to replace my stock 1.6l (though
Bentley says 1.5l) with?   Go easy on me here...I'm thinking a 1.8l solid
lifter via an early GTI would be fairly straight forward...but what about
going to a higher compression, hydraulic-type 1.8l out of a later
A2?...Potential problems with ignition (knock sensors, etc.), fuel 
injectors,
oil pump, etc???....Any advice and/or links would be very much appreciated.


James

1978 Scirocco


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