Re: upgrade questions

[Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

Well this is getting away from my original question.  I was asking not
about the 2.0l but about the 1.8l 16v bottom end.  I know that going with
the 2.0l bottom end first is the better choice, but I just wanted to know
how would P+P work with the 1.8l bottom end.




Rich Deede
University Of Delaware (Communications)
1987 Scirocco 16v



On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Jason wrote:

> > On Tue, 02 Feb 1999 19:22:26 -0800 Jason <Jason.r@worldnet.att.net>
> > writes:
> >
> > >People get so anal about loosing any low end, I understand
> > >to a point, but WTF? Does everyone shift at 2000 rpm or what?
> >
> > Well Jason, you see when your at 1500 rpms in 2nd gear and you get on it
> > and nothing really happens, for a long time, until finally you get to
> > 3800 rpms where it finally does takes off..... that's the problem. Low
> > end power is important. Probably just as important as the high end power.
> > Not only that, most people spend most of their time at the low end of the
> > RPM spectrum so having the torque down low is essential.
> 
> I agree completely. I don't recommend doing anything that would cost you a
> lot of low end, it would hurt driveability a lot. I do however think a small
> loss of low end in a 2.0 and a big gain in high end is worth it. The .2 extra
> liters help to make up for the slight loss of low end.
> 
> Jason.
> 87 Scirocco 16v 2.0 Motronic.
> 
> 
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