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Re: [mk1] do i have a 1.6 or a 1.7?




---T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> Kinda forget about the H on the back for a min.
> 
> The North American 1981 Scirocco came from the factory with a 1.7 liter
> engine. It is base on the previous 1.6L block, boreded out as I
> understand it.

Stroked actually if I remember correctly.

> 
> This limits how much you can increase this block's displacment and one
> of the main reasons people say just jump up to 1.8 or 2.0 to base
> performance mods on.
> 
> TBerk with $00.015
> 

Because you get a larger bore with the longer stroke to start with.

==Brett


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