Re: Horsepower and torque

[Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com>]

--- "Wm. Josiah Erikson" <josiah@bork.hampshire.edu> wrote:
> Which motor is the famed euro GTi motor that's like
> if you took the US JH,
> put in a G-grind cam, dual outlet manifold &
> downpipe, euro dist, & shaved
> the head down a bunch (or put in higher-compression
> pistons)? That motor
> puts out 120bhp, I've been told, which is pretty
> cool for a stock 1.8 8v!
>     -Josiah
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the euro GTI (1.8 liter starting in 1982) used the DX motor which was
rated 112hp from the factory.

This motor featured a 10:1 compression ratio.




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